[Talk-GB] Ofcom consultation - Royal Mail - PAF - OSMUK Response?

[Edward Bainton]

I'll happily follow the herd on this.

Is the linked briefing good from the OSM point of view? And to be followed
in our individual submissions?

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021, 10:58 Tony Shield, <tonyosm9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've read the link below, responding as requested by both individuals and
> OSMUK can only help our mapping efforts.
>
> May I request OSMUK to consider responding to the Ofcom consultation
> On 20/01/2021 10:33, Peter Wells wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> long time reader, first time poster.
>
> I know that address data, and the various licensing and business models
> around it, are a long-standing bugbear for parts of the OSM community. One
> of those licensing and business models is Royal Mail because of their role
> on PAF.
>
> Ofcom, who regulate Royal Mail's role on PAF, are currently consulting on
> their plan of work for 2021/22. This provides an opportunity for them to
> look at this part of the address puzzle, but they need to know that this is
> important to people.
>
> The Centre for Public Data, which is run by Anna Powell-Smith
> aka @darkgreener on twitter, has just published a short briefing on the
> consultation, how they plan to respond, and tips to make it easier for
> others to respond if you want to. It's here:
>
> https://www.centreforpublicdata.org/ask-ofcom-to-review-address-data
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
> https://twitter.com/peterkwells
> http://peterkwells.com
>
>
>
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