I spent last week at Comms Business’ Summit South on the BE Wholesale stand. It is an event I have been to in the past but having never exhibited I was apprehensive…
A time consuming process
I moved home last weekend from the home that saw the birth of Fluidata to another one a few villages away. It was quite a momentous occasion as the house was actually…
Quality versus low cost
Nice piece from one of our account managers, Max Stoner, regarding quality versus cost. I think he makes a nice point that ISDN will not be replaced until IP connectivity offers the…
Unfit IT professionals run for charity
Action Against Hunger International; a global humanitarian organisation committed to ending world hunger via long term solutions, working towards preventing, detecting and treating malnutrition. Currently they are providing relief work in areas…
New York – Nice place to visit, not to work
I have been to visit my brother in New York a few times this year who emigrated with work last year. I enjoy going to the ‘Big Apple’ and being part of…
Your mother needs to understand to be successful
I had my mother on the phone the other day with a technical problem. For some reason the DVD player had stopped working and was refusing to play the film she had…
It is not fibre!
I am fed up with the apparent lack of education when it comes to our national broadband networks. Call me old fashioned but I believe in a world where what you sell…
Last to the party….. again.
BT announced with great fanfare the launch of Annex-M services on their ADSL2+ (21CN) platform allowing up to 2.5 Mb/s upstream (from standard 1.3 Mb/s). Whooohooo. Excuse me if you detect a…
LINX suffers
There seems to have been a some power issues over at Telehouse North this afternoon. A few ISPs and hosting providers are reporting outages and most notably LINX have suffered a significant…
Britian has the ability
For those of you who visited Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday a few weeks back you would have been greeted by an awesome sight. No, not the new McLaren MP4-12C or…
BT risks everything to become a media company
With the announcement last week that BT will be offering Sky Sports through its BT Vision product, I am convinced, more than ever that BT will focus on becoming a media company…
BA’s reputation gets a battering as it struggles through another strike
Another holiday, another BA strike. For those who are familiar with my holiday plans they always involve some kind of issue. Whether it be a strike, queue on M25, volcano, war or…
Work hard play hard (again)
I have written before about the virtues of a good work/life balance, well last week saw the introduction of a new toy to our London office. The question was what to do…
Is 400 Mb/s enough?
At our recent office launch I conducted a test with our visitors. In the playroom, where we demonstrate products to potential clients, I setup a PC with a 400 Mb/s line straight…
Fluidata moves office
We moved into our new offices at the beginning of the month and last week held our launch party. It was attended by key suppliers, customers and investors and gave us a…