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Broadband TV could spark tighter Web controls

...would be wrong to give it similar controls over Internet content. But Matt Peacock, Ofcom's communication director, warned last week that the inexorable rise... Read more

6 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Regulator demands more powers to fight rogue diallers

...fight the dialler menace. "There will be a solution to this," said Matt Peacock, Ofcom's director of communications. "There are definite roads we can... Read more

8 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

AOL broadband to hit UK soon

...to launch in the near future....in weeks, rather than months," said Matt Peacock, communications director at AOL UK. AOL is understood to be concerned... Read more

26 April, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

DIY broadband the 'only hope' for UK home users

...time off work to await the call of the engineer. According to Matt Peacock, chief communications officer of AOL UK, this can be an exercise... Read more

5 December, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Alexander warned over broadband complacency

...ADSL within reach of 60 percent of the population by September. But Matt Peacock, AOL chief communications officer, said that Alexander cannot afford to be... Read more

25 June, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

ISPs fear greater Net regulation

...regulator's recent actions. In particular, a speech given last month by Matt Peacock, Ofcom director of communications, appears to have ruffled some feathers. "The... Read more

27 January, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Friaco not to blame for broadband fiasco, says AOL

...that do not want to move to broadband, said AOL communications officer Matt Peacock, at the Last Mile Europe conference in London on Tuesday. ADSL... Read more

5 December, 2001 by Peter Judge

AOL to close 'free' ISP

...that flat-rate is the future, whereas "free" is dying away," said Matt Peacock, director of corporate communications at AOL UK. "The days of the... Read more

11 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Oftel may back local loop bid

Earthlease may have found a sympathetic ear in its reported talks with Oftel today over its efforts to prise the UK local loop from BT's grasp Read more

2 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Labour u-turns on broadband promises

...ADSL rollout, it represents a dramatic u-turn for the government. Spokesman Matt Peacock believes it is a political priority because it is essential to... Read more

18 May, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Government puts onus for chatroom policing on ISPs

...this issue as a matter of top priority," said AOL's Gilbert. Matt Peacock, director of corporate communications at AOL reinforced the need for government... Read more

20 March, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

AOL's immunity from child porn to set UK precedent

...of not blocking Russel from its service once complaints had been made. Matt Peacock, director of corporate communications for AOL Europe said, "a great deal... Read more

9 March, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

AOL releases figures, Freeserve still on top

...the figures. Raw numbers do not a business make," said AOL spokesman Matt Peacock. Ajay Chowdhury, managing director of ISP LineOne, thinks there is another... Read more

7 February, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

UPDATE: AOL Europe unclear on hack threat

...their IM service accounts hacked Director of Corporate Communications for AOL Europe, Matt Peacock, told ZDNet UK News: "I have no idea whether this is... Read more

25 January, 2000 by Will Knight

Flat rate net access: ISPs in fear of 'Son of Friaco'

...excuse to continue to slow down the unbundling of local loop access. Matt Peacock, communications director for AOL UK, said: "It took a year and... Read more

15 February, 2001 by Ben King

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