Check here as it seems to be much faster than the Independent's own site:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache...roadcast&hl=en
I'm really beginning to get confused by Ofcom now. In my opinion they are over-regulating BT to the detriment of the UK consumer, and now with big investments incoming they again see fit to want to 'increase competition' again at the detriment of the UK consumer.
What exactly are OfCom thinking, and shouldn't they be considering looking after us poor schmuck consumers in between obsessing about making every market imaginable as competitive as possible, which while I'm sure it will benefit niches is ultimately not going to be beneficial to consumers of products in the short term.
Lights are on and they are certainly busy in OfCom central, just seems to be a shame that they have forgotten they are supposed to be improving competition to enhance consumer experience, not just improving competition wherever they see the need, regardless of the effect on the consumer (in this case both giving a disincentive to companies to invest prior to the analogue switchoff, and harming the ntl group by devaluing an asset which harms the ntl group that would be left as a business / residential telecomms and television provider making them less competitive to big bad BT).
Shouldn't OfCom perhaps consider encouraging competition through incentives to other companies to compete, rather than constant disincentives to the larger players, especially when these are the players they expect to spend the billions on enhancing services.
Still on the upside this might have the wonderful side effect of making higher prices for terrestrial TV services necessary, as if we don't already pay through the nose for most things.
