Customers of broadband ADSL ISP's could be jumping for joy this Christmas after Ofcom revealed that it had prioritised the introduction of a new migration code (MAC) policy. The changes, which have been pushed forward due to recent customer complaints, may even arrive before Christmas!:


Despite Ofcom's disapproval, the above situation has been repeated again and again with different providers, most recently via the Biscit(V21)/NetServices (NS) dispute. This caused widespread anger and a raft of complaints to Ofcom, which appears to have had the desired impact.

Ofcom makes no secret that the recent problems are largely responsible for their change of pace, although stopped short of saying precisely what they've decided to do. Indeed it's not clear whether anything will actually be introduced before Christmas, just that a key statement on the subject is to be issued.

It would naturally be wonderful if the much hoped for mandatory migration code could be enforced. However it's more likely that Ofcom will merely outline what it intends to do and set a date for introduction, either way it's good news. More @ ZDNet.