Category: Regulation
Virgin Media and the ASA round two
18 complaints over line rental price appearing in the small print have been upheld against Virgin Media.
ASA admonishes Virgin Media over UK fastest broadband claim
Virgin Media is back in front of the headmaster again.
EU publishes strategy for a better Internet for Children
The recent inquiry and talk of consultation on child protection in the UK, is not solely driven by the UK Government, there are strategies emerging from the EU that are driving the processes.
Swedish research suggests 40% rise in use of VPNs
Many have said that if sites are blocked, and tracking of individuals engaged in infringing file sharing increases that people will adopt systems to obscure their identity, and a Swedish University suggests that this is happening in the under 25 age group.
Justice Arnold tells largest providers to block Pirate Bay
In February the English High Court ruled that the Pirate Bay was encouraging infringement of copyright, now the six largest providers have just weeks to block the web site.
Hands up if you had forgotten about the Digital Economy Act?
The Digital Economy act has been around since the last weeks of the previous Labour Government, and now it looks like that letter writing campaign to try and reduce copyright infringement may not start until 2014 at very least.
Evidence from Inquiry into superfast broadband released
It may not be a fast read at 385 pages long, but it does represent a snapshot of what different companies and people think of the UK's Best in Europe stance for broadband.
Will BT swallow all the BDUK funding?
Chi Onwurah the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne has questioned Ed Vaizey over the chances that BT may will all of the eight BDUK projects that are in the procurement phase.
NextGenUs and Fibrestream a short step away from administration
NextGenUs and Fibrestream who have provided a mixture of fibre and wireless solutions in the North of England looks likely to be placed in formal joint administration today.
eXwavia backs the ‘up to’ campaign
eXwavia who provide a fixed wireless service is backing the latest attempt to get changes made to how 'up to' is used for broadband products.