Category: Regulation

With the UK attempting to have the best and fastest broadband of the major countries in Europe the Ofcom scorecard is of critical importance.

Back in 2012 the grand announcement that the Government intended to relax planning rules that can slow down or make more expensive broadband deployments was made. The next stage to this becoming law is consultation on the plans to allow for formal objections.

Hands up if you have ever been annoyed when your broadband broke but you got no money back to cover the downtime? The German courts have ruled in a case where someone was without broadband for two months.

The BDUK website was not renowned as been a paragon on web design but did used to carry a small amount of relevant information, in an update much of this information has vanished.

Is Openreach being unfair at charging £9.95 (plus VAT) for its 80/20 FTTC service?

The NFU and CLA have created an advisory package to help smooth the process of wayleave negotiations between broadband providers and landowners.

The ASA has looked into three complaints about broadband speed advertising and how Virgin Media manages traffic.

With the approval granted the details of the application are now appearing with the publication of a 29 page document where the EU stated the BDUK project was compatible with state aid rules.

With the most competitive part of the UK broadband scene being the proliferration of switching sites, new rule changes Ofcom are proposing may not be popular with providers and sites relying on broadband sales.

Orange has shown a large blip in broadband complaints as tracked by Ofcom making them more complained about than even TalkTalk.