Posts Tagged ‘Digital Divide’

ASA broadband advertising guidelines – any clearer now?

{ Posted on Mar 28 2013 by Darren Farnden }
Last year in April the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) and CAP (Committee of Advertising Practice) released new guidelines governing the advertising of broadband speeds and ‘unlimited’ broadband packages. [caption id="attachment_85" align="alignleft" width="75" caption="Darren Farnden, Head of Marketing"][/caption] In a previous ...Read More »

Will the threat of Fujitsu’s new network finally force BT into fairer duct access?

{ Posted on Apr 21 2011 by Neil Watson }
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Categories : 21CN, BT, Digital Divide
Last week news broke that Fujitsu has plans with TalkTalk and Virgin Media to implement its own fibre network in order to reach 5 million homes in rural areas and provide a competitive alternative to BT Openreach’s infrastructure. [caption id="attachment_106" align="alignleft" ...Read More »

Broadband advertising review- as simple as A, B or C?

{ Posted on Feb 09 2011 by Darren Farnden }
There has been an ongoing industry debate over controversial advertising practices regarding broadband for quite some time. ISPs have been criticised repeatedly for advertising broadband quoting maximum achievable headline speeds and for claiming that packages include ‘unlimited’ bandwidth when they ...Read More »

That was the year that was!

{ Posted on Dec 22 2010 by Elsa Chen }
What an eventful year 2010 has proven to be! We saw a new coalition Government take power; we lost yet another World Cup; we saw a number of terrible natural disasters including the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods; volcanic ...Read More »

Is the devil in the detail?

{ Posted on Dec 14 2010 by Darren Farnden }
Last week the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published a 61 page plan titled “Britain’s Superfast Broadband Future” as part of its aim for the UK to have “the best broadband network in Europe by 2015”. BIS.gov.uk: Britain's Superfast Broadband ...Read More »