BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) has just become the first ISP to officially come out in support of the governments highly controversial Digital Economy Act. The Act could see innocent internet users being threatened with disconnection, the potentially unfair blocking of websites and it would also make setting up and running an open / public wireless ( Wi-Fi ) network very unattractive.

However Sky's Chief Executive, Jeremy Darroch, does not agree with the concerns raised by other ISPs and consumer groups. Of course nobody should be surprised by this, especially given Sky's content business and its connection to the media mogul Rupert Murdoch.


That's quite a bit different from what the UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ), which BSkyB is an active member of, said late last week. The ISPA warned that the new ACT was "disproportionate, unworkable and will serve only to preserve failing business models and prevent new innovative lawful models of distributing content online."