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By Russ on June 14th, 2010

Deutsche Bank thoughts on broadband infrastructure development

Link: here.
Some nuggets (it’s mostly German-focused):
‘[I]n sparsely populated rural areas the nationwide extension and upgrading of advanced communications networks can only rarely be a commercially viable proposition. This inherent commercial downside puts rural areas, which are also poorly served with other infrastructure, at risk of falling even further behind in their development.’
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‘On an international comparison [...]

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Dream Ofcom PR week
By Russ on April 05th, 2010

Dream Ofcom PR week

You’ve got to hand it to Ofcom CEO Ed Richards and chair Colette Bowe.  Last week was probably the best week of PR Ofcom has enjoyed since it commenced operations in late 2003:
29 March – Ofcom gets tough on internet suppliers over broadband speed claims
31 March – In praise of … Ofcom
31 March – Ofcom [...]

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OW Friday Film Festival (broadband ed.)
By Russ on December 18th, 2009

OW Friday Film Festival (broadband ed.)

I call this one When Elin Caught Tiger Online:
Folks, keep filming yourself destroying broadband / WIFI routers!  I’m waiting for one where Santa Claus is involved.
And here’s one many of us can identify with:
Slow internet kills your mojo:
Finally, this one is disturbing:

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By Russ on November 16th, 2009

Academic slams Harvard/FCC open internet study

Today is the deadline for submitting comments on the FCC’s study (prepared by the Harvard Berkman Center under the leadership of Yochai Benkler) as it relates to the National Broadband Plan.  So, yeah, only nerds are interested, but late last week an economist (George S. Ford) came out with a scathing attack on Benkler’s work.  [...]

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Infrastructure? TalkTalk smells a rat!
By Russ on November 10th, 2009

Infrastructure? TalkTalk smells a rat!

TalkTalk — UK innovator of “free broadband” — does not like the idea of giving Ofcom a greater statutory duty to oversee infrastructure investment in the UK telecoms sector:
‘TTG has serious reservations about this proposal primarily because BIS officials and other government sources have previously suggested that the purpose of the new duty on Ofcom [...]

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Report slams Ofcom’s functional separation of BT
By Russ on September 30th, 2009

Report slams Ofcom’s functional separation of BT

A recent report from the Brookings Institution (details below*) makes for very interesting reading for those interested in the UK telecommunications sector.  The authors basically use data concerning European broadband development and network investment to argue that Ofcom made a serious policy error when it functionally separated BT / Openreach in late 2005.
Here’s a nugget:
[Prior [...]

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By Russ on July 28th, 2009

Ofcom: real UK broadband speeds

UPDATE:
1.  Someone asked me – ‘did anyone on an “up to” ADSL plan get 8 Mbit/s?’  Maybe?  Maybe that person should step forward and identify themselves!
2.  Malcolm Coles says we need action.
3.  Roger Darlington says his experience is typical.
4.  Is a Bill of Rights the answer?
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UPDATE: I should add that — the BIS Consumer [...]

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By Russ on February 08th, 2009

Moneysupermarket: switching broadband remains frustrating

Story here.
Moneysupermarket.com claims that its recent consumer survey shows that:

41 per cent of broadband switchers have experienced problems (w/ MAC codes);
27 per cent of broadband switchers have experienced delays of two weeks or more; and
86 per cent of broadband users did not switch providers in the last 12 months.

Ofcom’s guidance on switching ISPs is here.
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By Russ on January 24th, 2009

Ofcom round-up: impartiality, DAB, Border TV, termination rates, network neutrality

Lot’s of interesting items kicking about:
*  Broadcasting impartiality rules are being cited as the reason why the BBC won’t air a Gaza aid appeal.  (I’ve written many times that political / issue advertising restrictions and impartiality rules are bad for society).
*  Which? is concerned that Ofcom might be allowing electronics retailers to mislead consumers with [...]

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