Category: Regulation

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 who provide a fixed wireless service is backing the latest attempt to get changes made to how 'up to' is used for broadband products.

A petition to apply pressure on Ofcom to force providers into variable charging based on the speed that customers receive has been launched.

Some 71% of people polled do not support the new advertising rules that require broadband providers to list a speed that 10% of customers can achieve.

The Telecommunications Adjudicators figures for March 2012 reveal some 8.24 million telephone lines have been unbundled in the UK.

With the level of CCTV usage in the UK many consider the UK to be a survelliance society, the news that the Queen's Speech will be used to announce a new law to allow GCHQ to monitor internet communications live will simply strengthen that view.

The new ASA/CAP/BCAP rules on advertising broadband speeds have gone live, and perhaps because it is not a regular working day not much has changed, or providers feel their existing advertising and product pages are up to speed.

The Wild West that is broadband advertising is being coralled by new rules that are intended to avoid undue surprises for the average advert reader.

The Shadow culture secretary has criticised the current Government for its super-fast broadband plans claiming it would create a digital underclass.

The High Court has ruled and granted a Norwich Pharmacal Order to the Ben Dover and Golden Eye (International) Ltd with respect to some 9,124 IP addresses suspected of downloading and sharing adult films.