October 19th 2007
By: Russ
BT has just announced that it is investing in a wind farm, presumably misinterpreting calls for it to invest in infrastructure similar to what we have seen in the Netherlands. So instead of FTTH, we are getting greener. Oh well, at least BT did not do something really ...
October 18th 2007
By: Russ
Update 9:45 pm -- Check out the comments on the Daily Mail story about this -- all negative. Unsurprising...
One of the recent perks of my otherwise advancing years is the financial ability to fly business-class. Now Ofcom have potentially ruined this -- in the name of technological progress -- ...
October 16th 2007
By: Russ
'Citizens and Consumer in a Converged World' --
The full speech is here. These were my favourite nuggets:
DDR: 'Let me be clear that Ofcom believes that HD offers an exciting improved experience for viewers.
We are far from indifferent to HD, but we remain firmly platform neutral and pro-competition in ...
October 15th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, the 070 callback scams are still apparently continuing...
Consider one telephone number 07017770000. Whoever is using this number appears to be a complete scofflaw. OfcomWatch has received eleven complaints about this number so far in 2007. Here's the other numbers we have been alerted to so far ...
October 14th 2007
By: Russ
The media and communications industries have this year seen their share of practices that have injured millions of consumers. Whether it's the call-in TV quiz problems or the misleading 'up to' broadband speed claims, it's safe to say that almost everyone has been touched by some sort of malfeasance ...
October 11th 2007
By: Russ
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxDIv94rzSU[/youtube]
Maybe the Ofcom Consumer Panel could also write the London big hotels?Â
October 11th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, here is a video of a kangaroo hopping around a racetrack demonstrating the superiority of FTTH to ADSL:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsBL51yj7ys[/youtube]
October 10th 2007
By: Russ
I was delighted to see the Ofcom Consumer Panel's actions today. Basically, Collette Bowe of the Panel wrote to the heads of the major U.K. internet service providers and asked them to address the issue of misleading 'up to' internet speed claims. I'm not certain the Panel has ...
October 9th 2007
By: ChrisMarsden
This post marks my return to Ofcomwatch after 2 years in the 'wilderness' of consultancy (at RAND Europe). Its a lot prettier than I remembered....
An event that regularly passes many in industry by, but which is nonetheless of great international research importance, is the 35th Research Conference on Communication, Information and ...
October 8th 2007
By: Russ
Folks, it's been just over a year with Ed Richards at the helm at Ofcom. Where did the year go?
How is he doing? Get in touch or comment below if you have an opinion. I personally think Richards is more public-facing than Stephen Carter was. That's ...
