Virgin Media Starts Campaign To Clarify Broadband Speeds

Communications regulator Ofcom recently, in a report, revealed that average broadband speed in the UK has increased tremendously though one may argue that it is impossible to define a national average given the disparity of...

The Committee of Advertising Standards has released new guidelines for Internet service providers when advertising broadband speeds.According to the committee, which regulates the advertisements in the UK, ISPs should only...

UK telecom regulator Ofcom has claimed that internet service providers continue to mislead customers by advertising ‘up to’ broadband speeds.Ofcom published a report on UK’s fixed line broadband, which revealed...

UK’s ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has chided the UK telecoms giant Virgin Media for not being as speedy as the company brags to be, and asked it not to continue with such misleading claims.The ASA...

Noon News : Ofcom Slams Talktalk, Sarkozy & The e-G8, BT Delays FTTP Rollout, NHS IT Criticised, Amazon Cuts Kindle Price AgainUK telecom regulator Ofcom has accused mobile phone services provider TalkTalk off providing...

A new report released by UK telecom watchdog Ofcom has revealed that broadband consumers get less than half the speeds that are advertised by internet service providers. According to The Guardian, data released by the regulator...

UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom has said that British broadband consumers typically get less than half the broadband speed advertised by Internet service providers. According to research conducted by the regulator, the average UK ...

A communications watchdog entity has asked the broadband minister to work towards eliminating gaps between advertised broadband speeds and what users actually get in real life. Independent organisation, Communications Consumer...

Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has threatened the UK broadband industry with mandatory regulation after a study revealed that the majority of fixed-line broadband customers receive less than half of the bandwidth promised by...

The report published by telecommunications watchdog, Ofcom, highlighted the fact that UK internet service providers very rarely, if ever, manage to deliver the download speeds that they generally advertise.Ofcom however omitted...

According to report published by telecom watchdog Ofcom, many broadband companies in UK are using misleading advertisements to claim that they offer super fast connections which eventually never achieve their stated levels. With...

In a damning report on the state of internet nationwide, Ofcom found that the average UK broadband speeds are significantly less than half the ones advertised by leading UK internet service providers. Most popular broadband...

Research carried out by moneysupermarket.com has crowned O2 as the fastest 8Mbps broadband package in UK with speeds 50 percent faster than second place Sky. The mobile phone company purchased ADSL2+ pioneer, Be There, a few...

The Code does not require the disclosure of average speeds, but Ofcom said that might change. Some 32 ISPs, covering over 90% of broadband customers, have already agreed to honour both the letter and the spirit of the Code to...

The Ofcom Consumer Panel, a body which lobbies for consumer interests, has asked communications watchdog, Ofcom, to ask Internet Service Providers to be more honest about speed limitations on their broadband packages. The...