{"id":12106,"date":"2016-07-13T09:08:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12106"},"modified":"2016-07-13T09:13:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T08:13:33","slug":"uk-isp-entanet-calls-failing-digital-minister-ed-vaizey-replaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/uk-isp-entanet-calls-failing-digital-minister-ed-vaizey-replaced.html","title":{"rendered":"UK ISP Entanet Calls for &#8220;Failing&#8221; Digital Minister Ed Vaizey to be Replaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/entanet\" target=\"_blank\">Entanet<\/a> has called for the new UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, to sack the Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey. The ISP claims that Ed is &#8220;<em>failing to engage adequately<\/em>&#8221; with ISPs and suffers from a &#8220;<em>lack of experience<\/em>&#8221; in the telecoms field, which they believe means he has &#8220;<em>not been effective<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The often outspoken ISP is of course no stranger to tackling difficult issues head-on and they&#8217;ve previously highlighted concerns with the newly proposed <strong>Digital Economy Bill<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/new-uk-digital-economy-bill-details-broadband-uso-internet-changes.html\">check our summary<\/a>), as well as the Government&#8217;s controversial <strong>Investigatory Powers Bill<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/entanet-expect-not-clear-workable-uk-internet-spying-bill-pass.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and various other measures that impact broadband providers.<\/p>\n<p>Many ISPs, especially smaller providers, often complain that the Government frequently fails to adequately consult them about changes that could affect the industry and we&#8217;ve also seen this thought being echoed by the UK Internet Service Providers Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ispa\" target=\"_blank\">ISPA<\/a>). As such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/entanet\" target=\"_blank\">Entanet<\/a>&#8217;s new Open Letter to Theresa May calls for a change.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Neil Watson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/entanet\" target=\"_blank\">Entanet<\/a>&#8217;s Head of Service, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without really shaking things up and creating a separate Department of Communications (wherein the artsier elements of culture, media and creative industries can be dealt with adequately by a Minister of Mr Vaizey\u2019s experience), it\u2019s important to have a Minister in place who has the ability to understand the communications industry from a technical perspective \u2013 including its benefits, boundaries, limitations and how communications technologies can be applied singularly or in consort to give our United Kingdom the best opportunity to create a digital landscape and supporting economy of international renown.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, we believe that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joannashields.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Baroness Joanna Shields<\/a> might be a wise choice to fill Mr Vaizey\u2019s shoes. Her experience of technology \u2013 which includes everything from streaming video and audio, network storage, online marketing, social media and latterly championing the social responsibilities of the Internet as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security \u2013 suggests to us that she has the abilities necessary to continue to pioneer digital technology within the United Kingdom.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s unusual to see an ISP being so overtly political in this way and we have our doubts about whether a change of minister, at this stage, would really make much of a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly it could be argued that Ed Vaizey has been far more involved with the industry than prior individuals who have occupied a similar position, although admittedly broadband and Internet issues weren&#8217;t really on anybody\u2019s political agenda until around 2007\/8.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that we must not forget that Ed Vaizey has helped to push through some changes that many consumers would consider to be positive, such as improvements to national broadband \/ mobile connectivity, optional parental controls (network-level filtering) and clearer pricing. Admittedly from the ISP&#8217;s perspective a number of those measures were identified as being flawed, but pro-consumer policy can be a vote winner.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Theresa May has signalled a desire to get more women into her cabinet and so there is still a possibility of a positive shake-up, but equally ISPs could also end up with somebody far worse. Finding the right balance is never easy, but we can&#8217;t disagree that ISPs do need to be consulted more about changes that affect the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entanet has called for the new UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, to sack the Digital Economy Minister, Ed Vaizey. 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