In one of my previous comments I talk about the report the BSG recently published regarding fibre to the home will cost £28bn. Well to follow up the report the BSG held…
Speed limits
Driving back into London last night got me thinking of the Governments new speed penalties which will be coming into force very shortly. Basically anyone caught exceeding the speed limit by 15…
Autoglass – touch and go
Bit off topic but suffered from a large crack along my windscreen the other day. In a car that has only done 1,500 miles it is somewhat soul destroying to think the…
Fibre will cost £28.8 bn
Interesting report out from Broadband Stakeholder Group which Fluidata has been a member of since 2004. Basically putting into context the investment BT has earmarked for fibre deployment. BT has said they…
ISPs struggle with ADSL2+ rollout
News from the trenches is that BT wholesale (who supply ISPs in the UK with DSL access) has delayed activation for 440 exchanges across the country to be upgraded to ADSL2+ (basically…
Time to start again
My fascination of cars doesn’t stop just at the metal on the road but also the industry as a whole and the relationships between the different manufacturers. One of my favourites is…
Reactive or Proactive?
It has bothered me for a while that the telecoms industry on the whole is reactive rather than being proactive. This is true for product development, support and network investment and it…
A fibre city?
I don’t want this blog to become a rant against BT but to back up my opinion further down the page as to why BT wont deliver on the fibre network you…
Hosted VoIP – why is not EVERY business using it?
And another one! The site actually has some good other news items as well, I hadn’t heard of them before but great place for me to put the more in-depth comment pieces.
Internet Contention
You may be interested to read the following which was recently published by IT Pro Portal. Bit too long winded to post it here, so one for lunchtime!
Consumer broadband in the UK – how good is it?
The simple answer is nobody really knows, because everyone’s experiences are different. For every unhappy customer using a particular ISP I am sure there are at least ten who are happy or…
Fibre to the home a reality?
There has been recent news by BT that they will be investing £1.5 billion in developing a fibre network to bring speeds of 50 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s to the home (FTTH).…
Google flouting UK laws?
I have officially fallen out of love with Google. Those geeky chaps from America are no longer friendly nice people they are in fact against British business and our laws. It is…
Hard Top – what a difference!
Now in keeping with my promise to make sure this isn’t all about telecoms I have recently taken delivery of a new Mazda MX-5 (2.0 Sport RC for those who like detail!).…
What is 99.99%? Not much if you are BT!
I am not sure if anyone else has noticed the recent barrage of advertisements by BT but looking at the small print it would appear to be somewhat misleading. Essentially it is…