{"id":6352,"date":"2016-02-28T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ofcom-opens-a-road-to-faster-broadband\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T09:49:53","slug":"ofcom-opens-a-road-to-faster-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ofcom-opens-a-road-to-faster-broadband\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom opens a road to faster broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nTelecoms regulator puts pressure on BT to open up its network infrastructure, allowing rivals to lay their own ultrafast fibre-optic linesBroadband users may benefit from better service after a review last week put BT under pressure to open up its network infrastructure to let rivals lay their own ultrafast fibre-optic broadband lines. The move was announced on Thursday as part of Ofcom\u2019s once-in-a-decade review of the telecoms market. The regulator opted for this course of action after deciding against forcing BT to spin off its Openreach division, which operates the UK\u2019s broadband network infrastructure. But does this help consumers experiencing trouble with their broadband? Related: Mobile users face long wait for Ofcom to help with compensation for loss of signal  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/feb\/28\/ofcom-opens-a-bt-road-top-faster-broadband\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom opens a road to faster broadband<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Telecoms regulator puts pressure on BT to open up its network infrastructure, allowing rivals to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1Es","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50360,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/broadband-users-could-see-bills-slashed-as-bt-is-forced-to-cut-charges\/","url_meta":{"origin":6352,"position":0},"title":"Broadband users could see bills slashed as BT is forced to cut charges","date":"March 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Cost of superfast broadband could fall as Ofcom says Openreach should cut the wholesale prices it charges rival providersMillions of broadband customers could see their bills slashed under proposals from Ofcom that would force BT to slash almost \u00a3100m in charges to rivals to provide services to their customers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6376,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bt-openreach-should-become-a-mutual-letter-from-claire-mccarthy-co-operative-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":6352,"position":1},"title":"BT Openreach should become a mutual | Letter from Claire McCarthy, Co-operative party","date":"March 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ofcom\u2019s decision to allow Openreach to remain part of BT means that this vital part of our infrastructure will continue to be run in the interests of BT\u2019s shareholders rather than the people who use phone and broadband services (BT\u00a0told it could lose broadband\u00a0network, 26\u00a0February).Last month 121 MPs of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":78657,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bt-openreach-to-extend-ultrafast-fibre-broadband-to-three-million-more-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":6352,"position":2},"title":"BT Openreach\u00a0to extend ultrafast fibre broadband to three million more homes","date":"February 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...BT Openreach\u00a0to extend ultrafast fibre broadband to three million more homes","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38643,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bt-plusnet-and-ee-top-broadband-complaints-list\/","url_meta":{"origin":6352,"position":3},"title":"BT, Plusnet and EE top broadband complaints list","date":"December 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ofcom reveals BT brands also got most landline complaints, while Vodaphone was top of the league for mobile phone issues between July and September BT, Plusnet and EE were the most complained about broadband providers in the third quarter of 2016, figures from Ofcom show. 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