Category: Regulation

The UK is far from perfect in the broadband sense, but the EU appears intent on creating a common market with uniform pricing across Europe for wholesale broadband access.

Ofcom announced the next round of its proposed price controls for 2014 to 2017 in July, but has issued a correction due to some errors in how they calculated the proposed prices.

The sequence of Bruce Willis adverts where he complains about video quality on his laptop have come under the ASA spotlight and it appears the ASA has managed to do what many film villains have failed to do.

The process whereby providers block sites in cases where court orders have been obtained is almost a well established process, but events of the last few days illustrate a problem with the actual blocking hit Sky/O2/Be customers.

The changes to the way migrations are handled in the broadband and fixed line telephone market are closer to happening as Ofcom has decided on the course of action, over the next year or so the precise details will be thrashed out.

The six monthly updates on UK broadband speeds from Ofcom reveal that take-up of superfast services is pushing the average speed up.

It is with interest that we have read an article in The Telegraph that says that accuses BT of delivering 10% less than initially planned, but is it true?

If you want to be responsible for the loss of many trees you will print the latest Ofcom report which at 436 pages it is a big one, fortunately it is available in sub-sections for the areas of the communications market you are most interested in.

While containing nothing totally new, the latest missive from the DCMS does give an almost pocket size summary of the many policies that have been announced in the last few years that impinge on the digital economy.

The tea and biscuits with Maria Miller MP we are sure was a much more pleasant affair than the interrogation by the Public Accounts Committee today of various people involved in the creation of a better broadband landscape in the UK.