UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds

Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by pjc50 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:46AM (#17134575)

I'm fairly sure there have been repeated initiatives, over decades, to improve speeds where the government has thrown money at Openreach and they've achieved next to nothing.

e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40481561

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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by tialaramex on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:51PM (#17135668)

I guess it could be a weird coincidence? Money goes to BT. BT upgrades loads of cabinets to enable VDSL, people get faster speeds. Could all be unrelated.

Doesn't seem like it though. Also there's a deal where if BT says "This upgrade makes no commercial sense" (so they won't do it without government money) but then they make money off the upgrade, there's a "claw back" which gets back the extra money. Several of those clawbacks have now triggered in fact, and the money was used to fund yet more broadband.

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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by dodobdob167 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:07AM (#17134745)

This was last summer. What time line do you expect?

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