Author

Peter Farmer

Omlets v Omlettes

We all know the saying: “you’ve got to break eggs to make an omlet(te). Those who know me know that I have a general suspicion of Americana, but, I w…

The Four AI Strategies of our time

A month after Raj joined Simwood and took on our ambitious sales and marketing team from my temporary tenure in that field, I’ve had a lot of time to…

Whack-a-shell

Here at Simwood, we have a policy on not providing Haynes Manuals to enable scrotes to bypass our controls and processes, which are a line of defence…

The rubicon has been crossed

Last week, Ofcom fined (another) pornographer a seven-figure sum because they might allow a teenager to see boobies on the interweb. Why is that news…

USD RMD Recertification Deadline

This is just a quick courtesy to remind any of our customers who have been suballocated numbers in the US, to submit your RMD recertification with th…

Ofcom’s New Priority: Protecting Wayne Rooney’s Ego While Ambulances Get Lost

I don’t often credit my neighbours to the south with much. Regular readers will know I’m a dual national – Canadian and British, and currently reside…

Don’t do a Virgin

Recently, Virgin was fined £23.8m by Ofcom for failing its duties to vulnerable consumers in migrating to digital landlines. This is a topic relative…

What does AI Regulation have to do with the Superbowl?

Superbowl LXV (so, 2031), will be contested between the Tennessee Titans and the Arizona Cardinals, with the AFC Champions coming out 17-15 on top wi…

999 Groundhog Day

Here we go again. Ofcom have launched another own initiative investigation into the industry’s compliance with its obligations re 999/112 calls. Whil…

Fit and Proper

<RANT> In the UK, if you want to ride a moped, you have to be trained and pass a test. Why? Because you’re a danger to yourself and others, without a…

Mobile Service Numbers

What is a mobile number? Contrary to popular belief, it is not just +447x, as you have to omit personal numbers (long story,) which are +4470 and rad…

We’ve a new TLA – UAP – and why it matters

You know us regulatory types (for those that don’t know, that’s my background). We love our three-letter abbreviations and defined terms etc. So I wa…

← All posts