Category: Regulation

The Chancellor managed to find time to slip in a short mention of broadband in his Budget speech, but beyond that it was a long way down the priorities.

While critics of the Government and BT have for a long time held the opinion that the BDUK process was set up to solely benefit BT, the latest comments from Fujitsu add fuel to the fire.

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.