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Ofcom continues to be a Toothless Wonder

Seems I remember this very same set of facts last year: the UK's speeds were far under the publicized rates and OFCOM gave nothing but lip service.

This was December 2007 -- »www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/19···ed_code/ -- Ofcom's Consumer panel urges a clamp down on broadband speed deceit, and

This was June 2008 -- »www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/copbb/copbb/ -- Ofcom's response is an ISP voluntary code of conduct.
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