Tag: regulation
Ofcom: "BT need to do better". Everyone else: "Like, Duh"
The telecoms regulator Ofcom is moving towards imposing stricter quality of service requirements on BT's broadband services. Which will come as no surprise to BT Broadband customers. According to ISP Review, BT could be obliged to get their shit together….
Mobile phone industry regulator sniffs suspiciously at premium-rate downloads, plans to probe
UK premium-rate mobile phone services, offering ringtones, downloads and games, are going to have to watch their backs. Industry regulator, PhonepayPlus (which sounds very much a premium-rate mobile service itself if you ask me), has said that it will be closely examining the practices of these service providers following a surge in complaints from consumers…
French piracy web-banning scheme coming to the UK?
The lunatic French idea of disconnecting the web connections of those caught downloading pirated material could be coming to the UK.
John Kennedy of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, told Billboard he’s hoping UK ISPs will take voluntary action to kerb file sharing…
