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Originally Posted by Florence
Dream you mean nightmare :P
Ok just posted a rant on ISPreview to the news of BT trying to work without cookies, worrying since the cookies is what will help us know who is compromised on our websites.. Then had a PM from a member about it which made me laugh so going to copy and paste my reply here...
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last night i watched the Dispatches, "
The Mobile Phone Rip-Off" and it seems theres is infact a Govt official to champion the business in the EU.
this will tie into the mobile phorming of the new mobile data in the future it seems obvious to me at least...
The government is also singled out by the show, with one section pledging to ‘reveal how the government sided with the mobile networks against the British consumer.’
i cant find the video on the Channel 4 as yet and i didnt look on VOD (i dont use it much if ever...) and you need to see that as the news coverage so far hasnt mentioned the Govt minister part of the show or the EU ministers conmments on that part.....
this Phorm lark could be seen as an even bigger scandle if it turns out as the ISPs want it to happen and there seems to be unnamed as yet people in the Govt that want to help push this through... the same way as the mobile networks scandle, although this time we seem to have slowed its progress before it became widspread for now.
after all, the dispatches also mentions the fact the mobile networks are looking to the new WiMax wireless data charging
for their next even larger cash cow compaired to texting and implys thats why the Govt are pushing the sale of the analogue airwaves to these networks rather than give some back to the TV networks and allow DVB-T more leg room for far more more expansion.
we already know theres work afoot to try and install wireless phorm like system in the Orange mobile stories recently on ElReg, so we need to keep a very close eye on all this inter-related forward movement in the UK industry for a few months and years yet...
http://www.channel4.com/news/article...ripoff/2081247
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Dispatches uncovers secrets about the mobile industry they would rather consumers not know.
The Mobile Phone Rip-Off
Business is booming for the mobile phone industry - the 66 million mobile phones in use in Britain outnumber the population by 10 million and netted profits of more than £13 billion last year.
But as profits soar, so have consumer complaints - reaching record levels and making it one of the most complained-about industries."
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"Barnett reveals how the influence of the networks reaches beyond the high street - stretching to the heart of government.
Confidential documents, first-hand testimony and emails reveal how the networks have launched powerful lobbying campaigns, securing the support of the government which has sided with the industry over some of the more exorbitant costs imposed on customers."