Category: Regulation
Is LLU growth seasonal or has it just slowed down?
The great success of UK broadband has been the level of competition for hard earned money at the retail and wholesale level. There are signs though that take-up for unbundled services are tailing off.
Public Accounts Committee report teases but gives no answers
The Public Accounts Committee is still stuck in the world of discussing a rural broadband programme when the majority of areas under the BDUK process are currently not rural.
Latest Ofcom complaint data shows who needs to do more
While Ofcom does not undertake to resolve individuals complaints, it still receives around 300 complaints per day from telecoms customers.
Parental controls could be extended to block non-compliant adult sites
The Internet reflects the planets diversity but it appears that while safeguards are available to protect children, the existing ones are not enough and thus those in charge are looking to shift more content into the dark unseen corners of the web.
Net Neutrality laws and the end of roaming charges across EU within sight
Almost everyone who travels in Europe will welcome news that draft rules on roaming charges are close to becoming law by December 2015, but there are still many questions over the Net Neutrality legislation.
Margarent Hodge denies PAC has given approval for Connecting Cumbria maps
The soap opera of UK broadband continues with it really being a war of sound-bites rather than actual tech fact.
Gigaclear told to include UP TO in adverts by ASA
There is a school of thought that FTTH/P connections should not need to state UP TO in promotional material, but it appears the ASA has used the existing rules such that providers like Gigaclear will need to state up to.
Public Accounts Committee calls for delay to next wave of broadband projects
While many campaigners are criticising the handing of BDUK projects to BT, the PAC is attempting to do something about it, but calling for a delay so that actual costs can be further evaluated before any more contracts are extended.
Culture Secretary talks of Internet benefits to Oxford Media Conference
The Culture Secretary has delivered a lengthy speech to a media audience and highlights that there are already laws to deal with online trolls and that online threats should be dealt with in the same way as real world threats.
ASA clears YouView advert after broadband speed complaint
Is it possible we have got confused, but YouView in an ASA adjudication claim that all features of YouView are available to all customers now matter where the box was bought? Are for example the TalkTalk PictureBox service available to BT YouView customers?