Project Details


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Certify to verify – Internet service quality tool’s certification


Description

The Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) aims to ensure that all the consumers can equally benefit from services provided and their rights are fully protected. That is why UKE decided to equip them with a certified tool that would facilitate verification of the Internet access quality. After the selection procedure, President of UKE chose the best tool and certified it for a period of two years (as of 1st December 2018). Available on pro.speedtest.pl, the tool enables users to check the actual speed of connection and compare it with a contract. Moreover, it also generates a report with test results which can be used in court proceedings, if needed.
According to the EU Open Internet Regulation Internet Service Providers should provide in contracts a clear and comprehensible explanation of the speeds.
Improving the quality of services belongs to UKE’s priorities and identification of a monitoring mechanism as a practical enabler of these.

Project website

https://pro.speedtest.pl


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge 2020
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Coverage
  • Poland

Status

Completed

Start date

01 December 2018

End date

01 December 2020


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • Remote and rural communities
  • applies to all

WSIS values promotion

Our reality and daily lives are based on and embedded in ICTs – which form fundaments of the Information Society. In the era of increasing connectivity and access we must not forget about the quality of services available. That is why UKE came up with the tool’s certification in order to ensure that consumers in Poland stay fully informed, are digitally confident and able to protect their rights. Only then the Information Society can fulfil its goals and come to realization – on a local, regional, and global scale.


Entity name

Office of Electronic Communications (UKE)

Entity country—type

Poland Government

Entity website

http://uke.gov.pl/en/