Ofcom launches Broadband Speed Probe
The telecommunications regulator of the United Kingdom, Ofcom has launched an investigation into the real connection speeds delivered by the broadband providers operating in the country as against the speeds advertised by them.
The investigation is understood to be launched following the findings of a previous probe, a broadband speed test that revealed mobile broadband deals had boasted of delivering up to 8Mbps in their adverts, in reality crawled along at speeds of around a ridiculous 3.9Mbps.
It is quiet interesting that the Ofcom inquiry into the real connection speeds delivered by UK ISPs would coincide the launch of the fastest broadband internet deal highlighting connection speeds of up to 100Mbps in the UK broadband sector by the leading cable and fibre optic broadband provider in the country; Virgin Media.
It is further amusing for the consumers in across the UK that the regulator has issued a warning to the broadband providers in the country that it would be strictly monitoring scores of homes in the country to check whether the claims really matched. This could be acid test for Virgin Media as it has already claimed that its supersonic connections travelled at greater than twice the 40Mbps speed offered by the Infinity range of BT.
It is also worth mentioning here that Ofcom has signed a deal with SamKnows, the technology experts to track particularly the superfast broadband internet connections of ISP bigwigs over the next couple of years.
