Orwell gave us the vocabulary. Kafka drew the floor plan. On 15 July, Ofcom published the regulations. Here is the short version, for the busy. Your…
We have spent the better part of a decade going on about caller ID. Sending valid CLI, blocking the invalid stuff, dipping numbers to check they are…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Here we go again. Ofcom have launched another own initiative investigation into the industry’s compliance with its obligations re 999/112 calls. Whil…
<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…