Since when is 10Mbps mediocre?10Mbps??Good luck with that mediocre speed.
And once again: this is the minimal speed offered. ISP can, and naturally will, offer a lot more.
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High-Speed Broadband Internet to Become a Legal Right for UK Citizens by 2020
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And once again: this is the minimal speed offered. ISP can, and naturally will, offer a lot more.
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Clarification: Do we really have to keep this applicaple to the UK? Because as best I can see, given this IS a government move on an issue, it is hence political. Trying to seperate politics from it is impossible. All I can see supporting your removals of the USA's net neutrality thing is them being OT to the news. Which leaves us with a rather bland and weak discussion, but at least you'd be telling us whats off limits rather than repeatedly hitting us with a stick and not really telling us what we did wrong... because it can't be politics.
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I am fascinated (well, not really) how can someone think this is something bad. Your basic rights are improved (for you, the common man), yet you complain? Look around you, internet is moving in the direction of being recognised as basic human right, same as freedom of speach, movement, etc. This just cements that idea.
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Some people are laughing at the "low speed" minimum. Let's put it into perspective. THIS YEAR, yes this year, I was paying $25 per month for a DSL connection from the UK's ISP "Post Office" that gave me less than 600kbps, with latency spikes of over 2000ms occuring frequently, ie. few times per minute. speedtest.net was giving me readings of 350-450kbps day after day. I was not OK with that. Call after call, the ISP did not improve the service. Finally, this summer, a fibre box was put in the town a few 100 ft from the house. I switched providers, and immediately I am getting 20Mbps. The old ISP charged me an exit fee due to their minimum 2 yr contract.
So the new UK regulation will put a stop to shoddy ISP provision. And if ISP's continue to give shoddy service, the consumer will have the right to move without contract penalty and the right to compensation for lack of minimum service. This is good news.
So the new UK regulation will put a stop to shoddy ISP provision. And if ISP's continue to give shoddy service, the consumer will have the right to move without contract penalty and the right to compensation for lack of minimum service. This is good news.
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I don't think the internet should be regulated. Title 2 here made it harder for new ISPs to establish themselves. Also it allowed unprecented levels of censorship and copyright nazism. Classing it as a "human right" will further ISP excuses to just shove some crap down everyone's pipes and be lazier. Also it will be classed this in name only and will be the opposite.
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10 Mbps (1.25 MB/s) is NOT 'high speed broadband'.
It's a shame that tech media is spreading the government's fake news
I got 500 Mbps so if you call 10 Mbps 'high speed broadband' then how should i call mine?
that is why the government gave this charade a name. they know it's pointless but at the same time they want to brag about it
most people don't understand what 10Mbps means and that is why they call it 'high speed broadband' when in fact it's SLOW speed broadband
It's a shame that tech media is spreading the government's fake news
I got 500 Mbps so if you call 10 Mbps 'high speed broadband' then how should i call mine?
that is why the government gave this charade a name. they know it's pointless but at the same time they want to brag about it
most people don't understand what 10Mbps means and that is why they call it 'high speed broadband' when in fact it's SLOW speed broadband
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