EC To Test European Broadband
The European Commission is about to investigate the quality of services offered by broadband providers in the European Union. The inquiry;s main aim would be to establish the prices of internet across the Union and to determine what developments in terms of legislation need to be conducted in order for the people within the Community to get reasonably priced internet. According to BBC, the Commission would be investigating all countries in the EU particularly paying attention to the countries in the Eurozone and Eastern Europe.

One of the main reasons why the inquiry is about to take place is that many companies within the EU are supposed to be violating the competition law requirements. Many broadband service providers take advantage of their position as strong players on a national market and deliver misleading information about the quality of the internet they supply to customers. For example, the Bulgarian Vivacom internet distributor is advertising internet quite stronger than its actual speed - failure to maintain distribution points has thus led to the dissatisfaction of many customers that would have picked up another provider should they have been aware of the true dimension of the products they were purchasing.
Internet is now present in almost every household int he European Union - people use it to browse various stuff ranging from Lace Fabrics to news on economics and finance. However, the speed differences between providers is often mentioned as a problematic aspect of the European internet quality simply because the prices are almost equal around the Union (standard fees range between 10-20 Euros), however, for a different package of service quality.
The inquiry would also issue different recommendations to firms providing internet to customers in order to bring equality mainly in the quality of the broadband these companies are distributing. By 2012 the Commission will have established the main concerns in its inquiry and the issuing of recommendations would be followed by considering the necessity of adopting special legislation to control the internet services market.
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