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Broadband speeds under scrutiny
News Advertising is another area the Consumer Panel wants addressed and Bowe said she will request the Advertising Standards Authority to work with ISPs to make broadband speed factors more prominent in marketing. [19 Dec 2007]
Broadband: King of the net connections
News The regulator said it is working with industry and the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure consumers have clear and accurate information about broadband speeds. And fat pipe speeds are on the up too - at least on paper. [22 Nov 2007]
Got 8Mbps broadband? Are you sure?
News has questioned the way in which those speeds are advertised, pointing out that the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) guidelines accept the words "up to" only when most customers will get close to those speeds. [03 Aug 2007]
PC World escapes punishment over chip ads
News The person who complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), whose name was not revealed, suggested the claim "twice as fast" mistakenly implied the Core 2 Duo would always be twice as fast as a single-core processor. [06 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: Moving bits
Comment So now there's an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website asking the PM "to insist that Ofcom and the ASA [Advertising Standards Authority] stop broadband providers advertising 'unlimited' services that are in fact limited in the small print... [05 Apr 2007]
Blair-Hitler ID card ad 'not offensive'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received eight complaints about the advert saying the barcode on Blair's lip made him resemble Hitler and that the portrayal of a public figure as Hitler was offensive. [30 Nov 2006]
Data theft scandal - what we can learn from India
Comment The stolen data was said to include customers of NatWest - a company that recently used a high-profile TV advertising campaign to shout about the fact that they don't answer calls in India. The Financial Services Authority undertook an... [06 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up This is why many people sat up and took notice when news broke this week that the Advertising Standards Authority had censured the Home Office over a radio ad which, it is alleged, confused listeners and sent many to a site promoting pornography. [25 Aug 2006]
Leader: What porn?
Leader The Advertising Standards Authority upheld the complaint of one listener but to be honest you'd have to have a pretty good nose for porn to follow the threads here and sniff out some smut. The Home Office has been rapped on the knuckles today for a... [23 Aug 2006]
'Porn' claim sees Home Office rapped for child safety ads
News The Home Office has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog received a complaint claiming a radio ad promoting a website offering advice to children on staying safe online actually led listeners to a site... [23 Aug 2006]
First free broadband not so free
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped down Carphone Warehouse's claims to offer 'free broadband forever'. The ASA also decided the term 'forever' used in Carphone's advertising was not appropriate. [19 Jul 2006]
Bulldog rapped over broadband prices in ads
News Bulldog has been told off by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a deal that wasn't as good as it sounded. The ASA upheld the first complaints, saying the advertising had been misleading and instructed the ISP to make such claims more... [30 Mar 2006]
T-Mobile ad 'says using BlackBerry while driving is OK'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a number of complaints that a T-Mobile press promotion encouraged dangerous driving. The advertising watchdog, however, agreed with Joe Public, in light of the recent ban on driving while using a... [18 Jan 2006]
ASA sides with BT in Wanadoo war of words
News BT complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that the ad was "misleading and denigratory", as the telco charges between £5 and £11 to its competitors, whereas the ad may cause people to think the whole £20 charge was down to BT. [16 Nov 2005]
O2 ticked off for superiority claims
News O2 has found itself on the wrong end of an adjudication from ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after rival operator Vodafone filed a complaint. The advertising watchdog also told operators to be carefully of making claims about... [09 Nov 2005]
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