Question follow-through · 14700
Broadband: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with the Advertising Standards Authority on the mis-advertising of part-copper broadband.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with the Advertising Standards Authority on the mis-advertising of part-copper broadband.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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21 Nov 2024
Answer published
In September, Ofcom issued new guidance to ensure consumers are told in clear terms about the technology that underpins their broadband service. At point of sale, providers will no longer be able to use the term ‘fibre’ on its own; they must now state whe...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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