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UK Consumers Lose £28 Million Monthly on Mobile, Broadband Bills Due to Opaque Pricing
Citizens Advice reports that UK mobile and broadband customers collectively lose £28 million monthly due to hidden renewal deals and difficult negotiation processes, with 78% of those attempting negotiation facing difficulties like long hold times and confusing menus.
UK Consumers Lose £28 Million Monthly on Mobile, Broadband Bills Due to Opaque Pricing
Citizens Advice reports that UK mobile and broadband customers collectively lose £28 million monthly due to hidden renewal deals and difficult negotiation processes, with 78% of those attempting negotiation facing difficulties like long hold times and confusing menus.
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44% Bias Score
Deutsche Telekom Accused of Anti-Competitive Fiber Optic Practices in Germany
BREKO accuses Deutsche Telekom of "double digging" to avoid fees, impacting 78 alternative network operators; Telekom denies this, citing a BNetzA report; however, Germany's fiber optic rollout reached 52.8% coverage by June 2025.
Deutsche Telekom Accused of Anti-Competitive Fiber Optic Practices in Germany
BREKO accuses Deutsche Telekom of "double digging" to avoid fees, impacting 78 alternative network operators; Telekom denies this, citing a BNetzA report; however, Germany's fiber optic rollout reached 52.8% coverage by June 2025.
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52% Bias Score
VodafoneThree to Double Broadband Customers, Create Thousands of Jobs
VodafoneThree, formed by the merger of Vodafone UK and Three, plans to more than double its broadband customers to over 4 million by 2034, creating 9,000 average annual jobs while investing £11 billion in 5G infrastructure, aiming for 99% UK coverage by 2034, and rejecting a takeover of TalkTalk.
VodafoneThree to Double Broadband Customers, Create Thousands of Jobs
VodafoneThree, formed by the merger of Vodafone UK and Three, plans to more than double its broadband customers to over 4 million by 2034, creating 9,000 average annual jobs while investing £11 billion in 5G infrastructure, aiming for 99% UK coverage by 2034, and rejecting a takeover of TalkTalk.
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48% Bias Score
Germany's Broadband Bottleneck: A Legacy of Copper and Missed Opportunities
Germany's slow broadband expansion, mirroring its railway issues, results from a 1982 decision prioritizing cheaper copper cable infrastructure over fiber optics, hindering future technological advancement and causing high data costs.
Germany's Broadband Bottleneck: A Legacy of Copper and Missed Opportunities
Germany's slow broadband expansion, mirroring its railway issues, results from a 1982 decision prioritizing cheaper copper cable infrastructure over fiber optics, hindering future technological advancement and causing high data costs.
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48% Bias Score
Fibrus to Compensate Customers After Storm Éowyn Disruption
Fibrus, a Northern Ireland broadband company, will compensate customers £5 (domestic) or £10 (business) per day for service interruptions exceeding 48 hours due to Storm Éowyn, which affected over 40,000 customers on January 24th. The company chose not to use a "force majeure" clause.
Fibrus to Compensate Customers After Storm Éowyn Disruption
Fibrus, a Northern Ireland broadband company, will compensate customers £5 (domestic) or £10 (business) per day for service interruptions exceeding 48 hours due to Storm Éowyn, which affected over 40,000 customers on January 24th. The company chose not to use a "force majeure" clause.
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36% Bias Score
Ofcom's New Rules Lead to Substantial Broadband and Phone Price Hikes
New Ofcom rules banning percentage-based price hikes on phone and broadband contracts have led to significant price increases of up to 15 percent for some consumers, impacting those on cheaper plans disproportionately.
Ofcom's New Rules Lead to Substantial Broadband and Phone Price Hikes
New Ofcom rules banning percentage-based price hikes on phone and broadband contracts have led to significant price increases of up to 15 percent for some consumers, impacting those on cheaper plans disproportionately.
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52% Bias Score
West Virginia's Broadband Plan Leaves 100,000 Residents Behind
West Virginia's $1.2 billion broadband plan, while aiming to connect all residents, will leave roughly 100,000 people without high-speed internet due to a federal reclassification of "served" households and a shift to a technology-neutral approach.
West Virginia's Broadband Plan Leaves 100,000 Residents Behind
West Virginia's $1.2 billion broadband plan, while aiming to connect all residents, will leave roughly 100,000 people without high-speed internet due to a federal reclassification of "served" households and a shift to a technology-neutral approach.
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52% Bias Score
Canada's CRTC Decision Threatens Internet Competition
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) mandated wholesale access to broadband networks, potentially harming smaller ISPs by allowing larger companies to access their infrastructure; the federal government can overturn this by August 13.
Canada's CRTC Decision Threatens Internet Competition
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) mandated wholesale access to broadband networks, potentially harming smaller ISPs by allowing larger companies to access their infrastructure; the federal government can overturn this by August 13.
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56% Bias Score
Amazon Launches 27 Kuiper Satellites for Global Internet Access
Amazon launched 27 satellites of its Project Kuiper constellation from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V rocket, marking a significant step towards its goal of providing global internet access, with improved technology compared to its initial test satellites.
Amazon Launches 27 Kuiper Satellites for Global Internet Access
Amazon launched 27 satellites of its Project Kuiper constellation from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V rocket, marking a significant step towards its goal of providing global internet access, with improved technology compared to its initial test satellites.
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32% Bias Score
Commerce Department Opens $42 Billion Broadband Grant Program to Satellite Internet
The Commerce Department revised its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program rules to include all internet technologies, potentially enabling Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service to receive a portion of the $42 billion fund to expand rural broadband access in the US, despite past pr...
Commerce Department Opens $42 Billion Broadband Grant Program to Satellite Internet
The Commerce Department revised its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program rules to include all internet technologies, potentially enabling Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service to receive a portion of the $42 billion fund to expand rural broadband access in the US, despite past pr...
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52% Bias Score
Australia Invests \$3.8 Billion in NBN Upgrade to Counter Starlink
Australia's government committed \$3.8 billion to upgrade its National Broadband Network (NBN) to counter competition from Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet and improve internet speeds, aiming to prevent customer losses and enhance service equity across the country.
Australia Invests \$3.8 Billion in NBN Upgrade to Counter Starlink
Australia's government committed \$3.8 billion to upgrade its National Broadband Network (NBN) to counter competition from Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet and improve internet speeds, aiming to prevent customer losses and enhance service equity across the country.
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44% Bias Score
Italy Negotiates €1.5 Billion SpaceX Deal Amid Telecom Industry Challenges
The Italian government is negotiating a €1.5 billion, five-year deal with SpaceX for telecommunications security services, facing opposition from local providers amid financial difficulties and lagging broadband deployment targets.
Italy Negotiates €1.5 Billion SpaceX Deal Amid Telecom Industry Challenges
The Italian government is negotiating a €1.5 billion, five-year deal with SpaceX for telecommunications security services, facing opposition from local providers amid financial difficulties and lagging broadband deployment targets.
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40% Bias Score
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