Category: Regulation

TalkTalk has been reminded by the ASA to include the costs of voice line rental in its broadband adverts.

Virgin Media has had its traffic management system put under the microscope and told to change its ways. This is the second time in 2013 that Virgin Media has had the same judgement made against it on what is moderate.

A one paragraph summary of a 100 page Ofcom report, in areas where superfast broadband has been available the longest take-up is higher and where people choose an over 50 Meg broadband connection their data usage is more than double the UK average.

The annual revolving game of price rises in voice line rental may have been one reason why Ofcom has updated its guidance on how operators should behave when increasing prices in the middle of contracts.

With on-demand TV becoming the big driver for broadband it was only a matter of time before the ASA looked at the claims and compared them to the usage allowances offered.

The issue of not knowing where the areas without superfast broadband will be has been the cause celeb of various broadband bloggers, and there is a sense of measured reality in the latest presentations from the DCMS.

The way of words between the major providers in advertising continues, with Sky falling foul of the ASA in how it has compared its services with Virgin Media.

The UK broadband landscape may not please everyone, but compared to many countries the choice to the consumer and SME at the retail level is unparalleled and the latest figures from the Telecoms Adjudicator reflect this.

The Public Accounts Committee has influenced a lot of the commentary from politicians and campaigners in the last two months and the full report has now been published.

No one will deny that the really rural areas of the UK could benefit from better broadband, the real debate is over who pays for it and what time scale. The Labour Conference will be announcing £75m of extra funding for rural areas.