BSG response to Communications Review Open Letter
The BSG has submitted a response to the Communications Review Open Letter by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP.
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Jul
2011
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Mar
2011
BSG attends Open Internet Roundtable
The BSG attended today’s Open Internet Roundtable at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
It was a useful discussion and we are pleased that the new industry code of practice on traffic management transparency gained widespread support as a key building block for a properly informed and evidence-based policy discussion about the open internet.
Antony Walker, CEO of the BSG said: “The challenge ahead is to build a common view on how we safeguard the benefits of the open internet whilst also ensuring ongoing investment and innovation. It is important that this is based on the realities of what is happening in the UK market, rather than what is happening elsewhere in the world.???
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Mar
2011
Broadband providers launch new traffic management transparency code
New initiative will help consumers and policy makers make informed choices
Update, June 2013:
In March 2011, the BSG published, on behalf of the signatory ISPs, a code of practice on traffic management transparency. The code can be downloaded here.
The press release accompanying its launch is set out below, explaining the commitment contained in the code. In accordance with the code signatory ISPs subsequently published Key Facts Indicators in relation to their traffic management policies. Hyperlinks to this information from all signatory ISPs can be found here.
Please note that shortly after the issue of the below press release, EE signed up to the code in March 2011.
The latest version of the code, issued in May 2013, reflects the additional and subsequent signatories of the code: BE, giffgaff, KCOM, PlusNet and Tesco Mobile.
Orginal post:
BSkyB, BT, O2, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone will today sign up to a new voluntary commitment to provide better and more easily comparable information to consumers about traffic management. Together these companies account for 90% of all fixed-line broadband customers and 60% of all mobile customers in the UK. (more…)