Again, another survey, this time by Computeractive magazine highlights the poor ‘value for money’ that UK broadband users receive from their ISP’s.- Reported on the BBC technology web site
As I have said a number of times before, Ofcom need to get to grips with the ISP’s and the misleading way that can get away with the ‘up to 8MB’s for only £xx.xx’ statement whilst in most cases only delivering mediocre ‘product’ without any comeback from any regulatory organisations here in the UK.
If I buy just about any other product/service in the UK, then the supplier is duty bound to deliver to me what I have paid for. The use of the ‘up to’ clause in ISP’s advertisements is constantly being used to get away with the delivery of ‘faulty goods’.
Again, like many similar examples in the UK, we seem to be at the mercy of unregulated suppliers and government indifference to the problem. But I suppose its a price we have to pay for living in the UK.
Incidentally, this post was written using the latest version of Windows Live Writer, a brilliant piece of editorial software; connecting via a purchased 3MB broadband connection and operating at 3MB all the time for only £12.00 per month here in Turkey! If they can do it here, then why can’t the UK ISP’s do it?
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