March 31st 2008
By: scottvine
The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has unanimously dismissed the appeal by Rapture against a ruling by Ofcom, which concluded that charges levied by BSkyB for the provision of electronic programme guide (EPG) services between November 2005 and November 2006 were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. Rapture claimed that Ofcom did not ...
March 31st 2008
By: Russ
Folks, I'm sick to death of this warm and sunny beach scene -- ready to return to Oxford via LHR Terminal Five!
-- The whole Byron Review was published. Really, I was fairly impressed with both the Byron Review, and with Ofcom's response. If I recall correctly Dr. Byron ...
March 26th 2008
By: Russ
Folks, our only hope is being developed in Texas:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyN4ViZ21N0[/youtube]
March 25th 2008
By: Russ
Actually, I think the headline was they were being 'raised online'.
Anyway, the ippr want the following:
Charlie Beckett's criticism of the ippr is dead-on. These are undoubtedly well-intentioned but ultimately unworkable (and probably dangerous) recommendations. Think about it: the government and Ofcom are challenged already in the regulation of ...
March 23rd 2008
By: Russ
Folks, another great one from our friends at VIB Events...
(click on the logo above for registration details)
Ofcom's very own David Stewart is one of the speakers. There is even a presentation called 'the waterbed effect' by a firm called Copenhagen Economics. I can't wait to see what that is.
With ...
March 18th 2008
By: scottvine
It's been a long (since rock 'n' roll ...) erm, sorry, since the Fighting BT Wholesale Blog was updated, but the anon person from a UK ISP is back and sharing his love for our Regulator...
"Ofcom is of course the telecoms watchdog. However as far as watchdogs go, Ofcom are ...
March 15th 2008
By: scottvine
The Government have responded the the crystalclear petition on broadband speeds. "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to instruct Ofcom to force ISPs to advertise a typical rate for broadband subscriptions, not just a theoretical 'maximum' rate."
Response:
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the advertising industry body responsible for regulating ...
March 13th 2008
By: Russ
The Daily Mail reports today:
'Ninety-six per cent of internet users with ultra high-speed broadband packages are not getting what they pay for, according to a study.
Experts today called for the telecoms regulator Ofcom to investigate.
Researchers analysed the broadband speed received by 4,000 internet users signed up to Britain's six biggest ...
March 13th 2008
By: Russ
Two Texas news crews drag race their satellite trucks:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHh4a5C-9g[/youtube]
The KDBC news crew has a macho image that goes back to the 70's!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2XXAmiLHTQ[/youtube]
March 13th 2008
By: Russ
Hulu.com ended its beta test period and was released to the U.S. public yesterday. For now, I think it is only available in the U.S. The list of programmes (NBC Universal / Fox) is a good start, but not yet a total solution. HBO, for example, does ...
