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Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial

Published: 4 October 2024

Ofcom’s Behavioural Insights Hub ran its first in-house online trial this year, and we’re looking to do more.

Your right to request a decent broadband service: What you need to know

Published: 8 August 2023

Everything you need to know about your right to request a decent broadband service.

Fairness for Customers

Published: 28 June 2023

Ofcom wants customers to get a fair deal for their services.

Fairness for Customers commitments

Published: 3 June 2019

Last updated: 17 March 2023

The UK’s biggest broadband, phone and pay TV companies have committed to put fairness at the heart of their business.

Investigation into BT's compliance with its obligations as a broadband universal service provider

Published: 15 October 2020

Last updated: 16 March 2023

We investigated BT’s compliance with its obligations as a broadband universal service provider.

How we’re changing the rules for the broadband universal service

Published: 11 November 2021

Last updated: 16 March 2023

Today we’ve changed the rules on how BT should provide quotes to customers who have applied for a connection under the broadband universal service.

Broadband universal service goes live – advice for customers

Published: 20 March 2020

Last updated: 16 March 2023

New rules giving you the right to request a decent and affordable broadband connection come into force today (20 March).

Statement: Approach to high excess costs under the broadband universal service

Published: 16 July 2021

This statement sets out modifications to our universal broadband service rules, to clarify how BT should provide quotes to customers who have applied to be connected under the scheme.

Statement: Compensating providers delivering universal services

Published: 5 November 2019

We have made our decision on the funding regulations to compensate providers for universal services.

Statement: Delivering the Broadband Universal Service

Published: 5 December 2018

We are consulting on who we plan to designate as Broadband Universal Service Providers, and the conditions that should apply for delivering USO connections and services.

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