ofcom
- News
New Ofcom Rules Should Make Broadband Switching Faster and Easier!
Fortunately, I think that when compared to around 20 years ago, switching your broadband supplier now is (mostly) significantly less stressful than it used to be. Depending on the type of service you have, however, it can still be pretty annoying or, at the very least, inconvenient. For example, while…
Read More » - News
BT to Massively Expand Full-Fibre Internet – With a Catch!
Although the UK is currently undergoing a general upgrade to internet speeds via the continued expansion of full-fibre connections, I think many would agree that it’s taking a lot longer than we perhaps might have liked. Well, those of you who don’t yet have access to it yet at least.…
Read More » - News
UK Phone & Internet Customers to get End of Contract Notices
New Contract Laws Come To The UK One of the biggest difficulties in home management these days is ensuring that you are on the best possible tariff for all of your services. This goes well beyond the remit of gas and electricity with many homes now having mobile phones, TV…
Read More » - News
Ofcom Launch Website To Help You Get The Best Broadband
How To Get The Best Broadband With various upgrades of broadband services being rolled out throughout the UK, are you certain that you’re getting the best package available to you? In fairness, it seems that many are not. Ofcom research has found that around half of UK homes are not…
Read More » 
- News
Ofcom Report Finds We’re Making Fewer Calls From Our Mobiles
Ofcom Report Finds We’re Making Fewer Calls From Our Mobiles Despite the fact that you can’t even walk down a street (possibly even leave your living room) without seeing someone using their mobile phone, it seems that while we are using them more than ever, we’re ironically using them to…
Read More » - News
TalkTalk Remains Top Of Ofcom’s Broadband Complaint Survey
TalkTalk Remains Top Of Ofcom’s Broadband Complaint Survey With the way in which the internet has become an integral part of our lives, having a good stable connection is a major factor for many. For those of us that don’t have it, it can be a deeply frustrating thing. To…
Read More » - News
Ofcom Invites UK ISP’s To Commit To Minimum 10mbps Service
Ofcom Invites UK ISP’s To Commit To Minimum Speed Pledge With our growing commitment to online services, having a good broadband connection is more important than ever. It seems though that despite all the best efforts, it is still a lottery on just how good your connection can be. Presuming…
Read More » - News
Average UK Broadband Speed Sees Massive Improvement
Ofcom Report Finds Average Broadband Speeds in the UK Have Increased With our reliance on the internet, having access to a good speed is an important factor to many households and businesses. Despite providers regularly being brought to light for poor service or customer support, it seems that internet speeds,…
Read More » -
- News
TalkTalk Is The Worst Broadband Provider For 2nd Year Running
Ofcom Report Shows TalkTalk is the worth broadband provider for the 2nd year running With the mass integration that the internet has in our lives these days, finding a good provider is as important as your gas or electric. It is perhaps something of a first world problem that without…
Read More » - News
Ofcom Suspend Licensing Roll-Out For New Local TV Regions
Ofcom Suspend Licensing Roll-Out For 13 UK Regional TV Channels Back in 2013, after the completion of the Freeview roll-out, Ofcom was keen that there should be more TV channels specifically devoted to regional news. In theory, it wasn’t a bad idea. In practice, however, it has been (overall) nothing short…
Read More » - News
BT, TalkTalk and Vodafone Top Service Complaints Again
Ofcom reveals latest complaint figures and BT, TalkTalk and Vodafone continue to top the list When it comes to home broadband or mobile phone services most of us don’t ask for a lot. Simply that they give us what they promised and that the service they provide is reliable. It…
Read More » - News
Vodaphone and 3 Investigation For Net Neutrality Violations
Vodafone & Three Vodafone is perhaps one of the UK‘s biggest mobile phone package providers. Three, not so much. Regardless though, both are currently under serious investigation by Ofcom. The reason? Allegations have suggested that both companies may have operated restricted services for their customers. This basically means that both…
Read More » -
- News
ISP’s Given One Year To Be Honest With Connection Speeds
ISP Ultimatum For years now, Ofcom has been fighting with Internet Service Providers regarding their advertised speeds and what customers are really achieving. There are of course many within the UK who suffer from poor internet speeds and many of these feel mislead by claims by ISP‘s regarding what speeds…
Read More » - News
Ofcom Orders BT To Share Poles For Faster Broadband Rollouts
Ofcom In the UK, BT (British Telecom) has somewhat of a monopoly on the broadband services the vast majority of us have. While there are of course many providers, most of these make a living by leasing BT lines and property. Hence why the majority of phone packages include the…
Read More » - News
TalkTalk Tops Most Recent Ofcom Broadband Complaint Report
TalkTalk tops broadband complaints Ofcom, the office of communications in the UK have released their most recent report in regards to the worst broadband providers in regards to complaints. Broadband can be a prickly subject. Given the modern reliance on the internet, any disruption can be highly annoying and often,…
Read More »
