OFCOM or some other regulator now thing
128k is broadband. WHAT?!?! You could get that with ISDN years ago if you had the money and could find an ISP that could do 128k. They should reset the limit up to 512k, AIUI that was the first speed when ADSL came around and when it cost something like £50 per month to have. They should call everything below 512k midband or narrowband.
I would also say BT are a main factor in this. They are a bunch of money grabbing *******s who screw the British people and companies out of every penny they can get.
Just take a look at how "broadband" is now. A fast-ish connection but stupidly low data cap such as 1Gb a month. Caps everywhere even for what were "unlimited" packages. I think UBC/CBC is set to make BT even more money and leave ISPs more worse off - they either have to squeeze more users onto crowded pipes thus lowering the QoS for the end user or introduce a low cap with PAYG/restrictions of some sort/no internet until the next billing period.
Also won't it leave people with the impression that broadband is now the next dialup - out goes the uncapped usage and freedom of not having to monitor how much you use and in comes the clock watching, monitoring every byte you download to ensure you don't go over the cap.
If only people actually stood up and made a fuss then I don't think we'd be in such a bad situation as we are today. Blair talks of Broadband Britain but we sure as hell aren't going to get it anytime soon.