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forum rules. Competitions are also regularly held on the MyBroadband forum. Criticisms have typically arisen as a result of disgruntled forum members, several which were banned for no provided reason. On 30 January 2017 MyBroadband created a special support forum for
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online. One of the main objectives of the MyBroadband Forum was to examine and discuss the South
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