As we covered last week, Ofcom has launched an investigation into UK broadband speeds, comparing those advertised and those received by customers. The move is in conjunction with technology experts SamKnows and will quite literally allow the regulator to monitor broadband speeds up and down the country via a growing army of volunteers.
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While there has been much mention of superfast broadband speeds in the UK over the last 12 months the reality for the vast majority of internet broadband users is very different. SamKnows, the official technical partner of Ofcom, has been benchmarking UK Internet broadband providers for some time now and the results have been a [...]

UK regulator Ofcom is currently looking at filling the “white spaces” which are the buffers between TV channels in the UK. These unoccupied radio waves could be the perfect answer to the issue of how and when UK broadband would be rolled out to the masses in its wireless form. This is a situation which [...]

In what some are calling a second privatisation of British Telecom, Ofcom has revealed that pricing restrictions which have held back British Telecom for some time are to be removed. The company has not been able to subsidise landline facilities to make their bundles more attractive, putting the company on a less competitive footing compared [...]

In a welcome respite for broadband regulators, it has been revealed that the number of telephone and broadband complaints have fallen substantially over the last 12 months. The industry regulator has revealed that complaints in relation to fixed line mis-selling, mobile mis-selling, silent calls, additional charges and broadband transfer issues have all fallen over the [...]

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has teamed up with specialist broadband company SamKnows Broadband to carry out a survey of the U.K.’s broadband providers, allowing them to monitor the varying degree of speeds available on the market today. While there is some concern amongst the broadband industry regarding publication of the data it appears as though Ofcom [...]

The £1.5 billion fibre-optic network investment plan announced by British Telecom some months ago was officially given the go-ahead by Ofcom earlier this week. Despite suggestions that Ofcom would severely limit the potential return on investment for BT it appears as though the recession will see a relatively lax regime with regards to the creation [...]

There is intense speculation that this week will see Ofcom finally give British Telecom the green light for the creation of the U.K.’s first nationwide fibre-optic network. After over two years of industry consultation it looks as though British Telecom has won the battle of wills with Ofcom and its competitors and will be allowed [...]

It has been revealed that Ofcom, the official regulator of the broadband industry, will not stand in the way of British Telecom’s fibre-optic network project to roll out superfast broadband to 10,000,000 UK homes by 2012. The company is set to spend£1.5 billion on the project although there had been a suggestion it could be [...]