Stricter regulations for telecoms

The gap between the internet speeds that service providers advertise and actual speeds remain a problem not only for Greek users but also for all their European counterparts too. Often a double-play program with an internet and landline connection that is supposed to offer a speed of 24 megabits per second is restricted to just 3 Mbps.

Given that the speed is affected by the distance the conventional cable covers from the local loop to the socket on the wall, or the kind of router used (i.e. a series of various factors), problems with low speed tend to be resolved by the customer upgrading their program. However, that practice is set to change after the application of the National Regulation for Open Internet.

Its provides for service providers to inform their fixed-network subscribers about the realistically anticipated connection speed they will get, and not just...