Category Archives: ThePhoneCoop

Business As Mutual conference, Anglia Ruskin Uni, 12 Sep

2012-09-13 by mjr

Here’s a summary of what happened at this conference. Opening address. Keynote from Nick Hurd MP, @minforcivsoc. “Lot less money around.” Called canals and rivers trust the biggest social enterprise. Blames lack of large social enterprises on culture, leadership and … Continue reading →

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Phones, Privacy and Co-ops

2012-01-26 by mjr

And now a slightly longer than usual rant: The problem with the o2 network disclosing mobile browsers’ phone numbers that I repeated 2 days ago (and it appeared on our co-op website) snowballed yesterday to the point that it was … Continue reading →

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UCEPROTECT and SORBS SPAM: Two DNSBLs to Avoid

2010-10-14 by mjr

I just had another conflict with a debatable anti-spam configuration. I think it was debatable rather than obviously wrong, so I’m not going to rant about the specific setup, but while discussing it with other postmasters, the following two Domain … Continue reading →

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The Phone Co-op 2010

2010-02-07 by mjr

Ed Mayo talking to the Phone Co-op meeting Yesterday I had the pleasure to be at the Phone Co-ops annual meeting, as those of you who follow me on identi.ca or elsewhere will already know. The proceedings included a speech … Continue reading →

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Dump the Disconnect Law!

2009-11-27 by mjr

After all the U-turns by politicians, I got confused about how Three Strikes is developing. I think the current status is Mandelson trying to sneak it through as a Statutory Instrument and protect some of the most protectionist foreign interests … Continue reading →

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Three Strikes: Out?

2009-10-24 by mjr

The Guardian reported this week that “rights holders will have to obtain a court order before punishing persistent offenders by reducing or cutting off their internet connections.” This is an important step in the right direction. For too long, rights … Continue reading →

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Karoo Chooses to Start Three-Strikes

2009-08-08 by mjr

You may remember that I did some work last year campaigning against the “three strikes and you’re out” disconnect system, where suspected filesharers are disconnected from the internet after the third allegation is made. That’s allegation, not any sort of … Continue reading →

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The Great British Broadband Speed Lie

2009-07-29 by mjr

I don’t think it will be a surprise to anyone, but Ananova reports: No-one getting top broadband speeds based on the Ofcom/SamKnows/GfK research. In the village where I live, our “up to 8Mbps” service is stable at about 4. As … Continue reading →

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A DG834GUK Joins My ADSL-2+ Adventure

2009-07-14 by mjr

As I mentioned previously, I switched over to LLU and ADSL-2+ in February. Since then, I’ve suffered unstable network connections (which has been a pain, to put it mildly) and I’ve been working with ThePhoneCoop’s engineers to try to solve … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phone Directory: In Public Between Non-Consenting Adults and Children

2009-07-13 by mjr

My communications connection According to the BBC, a mobile phone directory enquiry service launches today. If you’ve ever had a marketing call to your mobile, your number is probably on this database. It’s very difficult to remember to ask every … Continue reading →

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