MPs to cast closer eye on broadband ripoffs
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Luff gets tough Interview As head of the DTI select committee on trade and industry, Peter Luff MP is one of most influential figures in telecoms. He sat down with Ofcomwatch editors Luke Gibbs and Russ Taylor recently to talk about the increasing politicisation of the regulator, his broadband concerns, and the recent phone scandal. He had some stern words for both OFCOM and BT.â¦
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A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday proposed legislation to stop network providers from playing traffic cop on the Internet.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are about to consider a bill that would require retailers to pay for losses when hackers and thieves breach their security systems to steal consumers' credit card and other financial information, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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The communications watchdog is looking to create an independent pricing structure for broadband operators to offer connections directly to customers through Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), instead of renting them from major network owner BT.
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The bill requires the F.C.C. to assess whether broadband providers are interfering with consumersâ rights to access, send, receive or offer content, applications and services over networks.
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After U.K. teacher says network gave him flushes and burning sensations, parliament member calls for government inquiry.
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By Simon Fluendy, Financial Mail on Sunday, London  Dec. 10--A crackdown on broadband internet providers after a torrent of  consumer complaints about poor service will be announced this week.
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A complaint against Commons Speaker Michael Martin's use of air miles is being considered by MPs' standards watchdog
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Recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs urges today in the wake of the child benefit fiasco
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National Audit Office could be brought in to check MPs' expenses in the wake of the Conway affair
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An influential committee of MPs will investigate gas prices after complaints from business and consumer groups.
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Agency gives phone companies more leeway in sharing connections. Also: Broadband over power lines gets green light.
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Credit card firms are told by a committee of MPs to offer consumers clearer information and a fairer deal.
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The competition watchdog has called for an investigation into whether Apple&#39;s new iTunes music download service is &quot;ripping off&quot; British consumers.
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By Alastair Jamieson Consumer Affairs Correspondent  PRICE cuts could be on the way for mobile phone customers after the telecoms watchdog ordered more restrictions on call charges and promised to investigate the cost of text messaging.
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday plan to   shine a spotlight on Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HPQ.N snooping   into the telephone records of some board members and   journalists, a practice that Congress may soon ban.
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Publishing more about MPs' expenses could people off standing for Parliament, Commons authorities say.