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Oftel Failing To Monitor UK Broadband

Posted: 03rd Jun, 2003 By: MarkJ
The UK telecoms regulator has been accused by the newly formed Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) of failing to correctly monitor the broadband market by not improving its stats to include wireless and satellite services:

Charlie Sands, one of ABC's founders, has claimed that Oftel is focusing too heavily on ADSL and cable broadband while "doing little" to record the usage of other types of broadband access such as satellite broadband and Wi-Fi. He wants Oftel to begin gathering detailed statistics about the use of these alternative last-mile technologies.

"This is particularly important for monitoring the growth in rural broadband services which are likely to be offered via wireless rather than wired technologies," explained Sands in a report published last week on ABC's Web site.

In response, Oftel defended its broadband reporting -- pointing out that its "Broadband and Internet" brief does include estimates for satellite and broadband fixed wireless usage.


Oftel is reliant on individual broadband operators to supply it with data, more @ ZDNet.
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