Re: Even the fcuking narcissistic Regulator weasels OFCOM are misleading folk, now
Here's Ofcom's little but significant (weasel) words...in a small easily overlooked bullet point.
1.10 Since the February Consultation, we have been made aware that providers of standalone telephony services on Openreach’s network are in fact able to identify which of their customers are voice-only and which are split-purchasers. Therefore, while providers have not so far set different prices (or other terms and conditions) between these two customer groups, they could do so if they wished. Accordingly, we are no longer of the view that voice-only and split-purchase customers should be considered part of the same market.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/107322/standalone-landline-statement.pdf
Actually, this agreement (even as a "cosy agreement" approved between BT and Ofcom) has a lot of similarities to the case of British Airways (that owned and ran the booking system) accessing third party Virgin Atlantic airline customer data, to target those third-party customers, marketing different prices based on such data and using such data for market advantage. Should BT even be accessing/recording such data regarding rival ISPs?
Here it's BT customers being charged £11.99 a month, compared to £18.99 for no discernable difference in the service being provided but based on BT having access to the fact a third party provides a Broadband service on that line, because it operates the underlying databases where such data is stored by the third party ISP.
I personally think it will fall foul of competition law.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
