{"id":17764,"date":"2019-01-11T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=17764"},"modified":"2019-01-11T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:11:14","slug":"isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &#8220;rip off&#8221; 118 Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget broadband ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> has today described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control &#8220;<em>rip off<\/em>&#8221; calls to premium 118 (Directory Enquires) numbers as &#8220;<em>inadequate<\/em>&#8220;. In response they&#8217;ve launched a new &#8216;Call Whisper&#8217; feature that will warn customers about the potentially high costs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in November 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> revealed that the cost of contacting <strong>118<\/strong> numbers can sometimes spiral up to \u00a320 for an average 90-second call (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/ofcom-uk-impose-cost-cap-on-calls-to-118-directory-enquiries.html\">here<\/a>). As a result the national telecoms regulator decided to clampdown on the problem by imposing a cap on the cost of calling such services (effective from <strong>1st April 2019<\/strong>), which works out as a maximum charge of \u00a33.65 per 90 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> says the cap does not go far enough and remains about &#8220;<em>three times the appropriate level<\/em>.&#8221; The ISP has also called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> to open a Competition Act investigation into TNUK to protect consumers (one of the most expensive 118 providers). &#8220;<em>The company holds a dominant market position and currently charges customers 10 times the cost of providing the services, while offering little or no information about pricing structures<\/em>,&#8221; said the ISP.<\/p>\n<p>Instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> believes that the price cap should be set at \u00a31 per 90 second call, although they&#8217;re unlikely to overturn Ofcom&#8217;s decision by themselves and so have decided to take action by introducing a new feature. In fairness jumping to the \u00a31 charge so soon may be a bit too extreme, although it would probably be popular among consumers.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Call Whisper<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Essentially call whisper will warn customers about the potentially high cost of using directory enquiry services and advise them to use alternatives. Whenever a customer on the TalkTalk network calls a directory enquiries number, they will now hear the message below:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>This is a message from TalkTalk. Calling 118 numbers such as this one may cost you as much as \u00a319.98 per 90 second call. You may also incur further charges if you&#8217;re later connected to the number you need. We strongly recommend that you search for the number for free online. If you hang up now, you won&#8217;t be charged for this call<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Tristia Harrison, TalkTalk&#8217;s CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Directory enquiries are there to help consumers rather than to penalise them. Even with the proposed price-cap, companies will continue ripping-off customers \u2013 the majority of whom, potentially vulnerable or elderly people, have no idea of the true cost of these calls. We\u2019re also concerned that there are no plans to control the charges when a call is connected onwards, despite this being the greatest incidence of bill shock.<\/p>\n<p>We say to Ofcom and the companies \u2018the ball is back in your court\u2019. We\u2019re taking robust action ourselves by launching a new \u2018call whisper\u2019 feature to protect our customers which will advise them to use alternative sources of information. Prices must be reduced straight away, and Ofcom must ensure that competition is working in this market which right now is well and truly broken.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We suspect the 118 companies won&#8217;t like this change very much. Equally we\u2019d hope that TalkTalk remembers to adjust their message once the new price cap is introduced in April or give customers who do know how much it costs the ability to disable it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom&#8217;s plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control &#8220;rip off&#8221; calls to premium 118 (Directory Enquires) numbers as &#8220;inadequate&#8220;. In response they&#8217;ve launched a new &#8216;Call Whisper&#8217; feature that will warn customers about the potentially high costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-17764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-talktalk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &quot;rip off&quot; 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom&#039;s plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control &quot;rip off&quot; calls to premium 118\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &quot;rip off&quot; 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom&#039;s plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control &quot;rip off&quot; calls to premium 118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &#8220;rip off&#8221; 118 Numbers\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\"},\"wordCount\":542,\"commentCount\":33,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"TalkTalk\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\",\"name\":\"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle \\\"rip off\\\" 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom's plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control \\\"rip off\\\" calls to premium 118\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &#8220;rip off&#8221; 118 Numbers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle \"rip off\" 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK","description":"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom's plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control \"rip off\" calls to premium 118","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle \"rip off\" 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK","og_description":"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom's plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control \"rip off\" calls to premium 118","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &#8220;rip off&#8221; 118 Numbers","datePublished":"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html"},"wordCount":542,"commentCount":33,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"keywords":["TalkTalk"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html","name":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle \"rip off\" 118 Numbers - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-11T11:06:18+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-11T11:11:14+00:00","description":"Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today described Ofcom's plan to introduce a \u00a33.65 price cap in order to control \"rip off\" calls to premium 118","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/isp-talktalk-launch-uk-call-whisper-to-tackle-rip-off-118-numbers.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ISP TalkTalk Launch UK Call Whisper to Tackle &#8220;rip off&#8221; 118 Numbers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}