By John Glenday

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has blasted Britain’s ‘ridiculous’ broadband advertising rules as set out by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), branding the set of stipulations as a ‘complete and utter joke’.

Vaizey’s frustration centres on the fact that providers such as Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, EE, Three, O2 and BT are allowed to advertise so-called ‘up to’ top speeds even if they’re only available to a tenth of customers.

Speaking to the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee Vaizey said: “The idea that if you can deliver to 10 per cent of houses the broadband speeds you are advertising Read full story ›

Source: The Drum