Everyone is tired of poor quality fiber connections, even the government. On the move within a Free center, the Minister for the digital transition Jean-Noël Barrot let it be known that a law could soon force operators to ensure the quality of installations, if nothing is done to meet the requirements of Arcep.
Last Thursday, Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for the Digital Transition, went to meet Free fiber technicians in Argenteuil, in Val-d’Oise. The opportunity for the member of the government to touch on the quality of the connections, which have continued to cause a lot of ink to flow for years. Indeed, despite the many insistent pushes from Arcep, we are still far from the expected level of quality.
“Things are progressing, but not enough to our liking”, thus recognized Jean-Noël Barrot. A situation that seems to drag on a little too long for his taste, giving him the desire for laws to finally settle all this. Indeed, the latter “does not rule out the idea of taking legislative measures to resolve these quality problems as soon as possible”, in the event that Arcep’s next report on the matter does not show any improvement.
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It remains to be seen what this famous law would consist of. For now, although nothing has been confirmed on the subject, it’s a safe bet that the government wants to force the hand of operators by forcing them to financially compensate subscribers harmed by a bad connection. However, you will have to be patient to find out more.
One thing is certain, the new conclusions of Arcep are eagerly awaited. The telecoms policeman has repeatedly been very harsh with operators, calling more than once to improve the quality of connections – without tangible results so far. Patrick Chaize, Senator LR, has also already mentioned the idea of recourse to the law in a text of 2022, which is far from having achieved unanimous support, both on the side of the operators and that of the Arcep.
Source: Les Echos