Ofcom wants to force broadband providers to stop lying

The UK telecoms regulator is finally getting around to doing something about dodgy broadband speed claims.
Few other industries can get away with selling their products on the basis of optimistic approximations, as opposed to hard facts, but ISPs have long been an exception. UK consumers typically buy their broadband on the promise that they can expect download speeds of ‘up to’ a certain maximum. In practise, however, the speeds they experience seldom, if ever, come close to that nu