As 2010 rolls in, I am reminded that a decade is a significant period of time and a good one to reflect on, especially in the world of IT and Telecoms. What…
Relax over Christmas, stay at home
It’s all very well going away for Christmas but as this year shows it can be a real pain even before your feet have left the ground. I am in an enviable…
No ‘wow’ in Powwow
My world has come to an end. Not because of flight chaos caused by overpaid and under worked BA cabin crew (due to fly to Austria in a few days), as the…
The science behind being green and festive
With Christmas just around the corner a debate has opened up between the companies sending greeting cards by email and those making an effort and sending out a real card. Which is…
And the crowd goes wild!
Quite a few members of the company are unashamedly into football, and while I can’t see the appeal, have started a Fluidata football team. They play six a side at the ELMS…
DSL – end of the line?
There is a lot of talk at the moment about FTTH (Fibre to the Home) and FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) replacing DSL in the UK. However I think we are looking…
London Bridge grows
In light of the financial issues in Dubai I thought it would be worthwhile highlighting a new development closer to home. Since moving the office to London Bridge a few years ago…
When the best gets better
We have been selling our BURST service for a number of years offering clients up to 20 Mb/s downstream and 2.6 Mb/s upstream across the UK utilising Telefonica’s ADSL2+ Annex-M network. Our…
BT Leads from the top
A customer of ours recently suffered a complete outage when another ISP tried to install a line into their premises. Obviously wasn’t the ISP’s fault, just a bad job by a BT…
Spooky
In preparation for Halloween I thought it would be a good idea to have a few pumpkins in the office. As you can see I obviously enjoyed the process and feel at…
It’s good to stay in touch
A good example of how far we have come with technology over the past few decades can be summarised by my brother, Toby, who last week moved to the USA. For most,…
Wax on, wax off
I find an important part of my working week is the chance to recharge the batteries and take stock of what I have accomplished in the week just gone. Yesterday evening as…
Openreach go back to the old days of BT
Interesting development over the past few weeks has been BT Openreach actively telling end users about BT’s new (or old depending on how long you have been waiting for it) 21st Century…
We should all use carrier pigeon
With talk of people growing their own vegetables, using grease proof paper instead of plastic and not having any lights on to save the planet it looks like the internet will take…
Thank god I am not a consumer using broadband
While I enjoy talking to my mother, I think this week I have spoken to her more than when we lived together for 18 years. It all started when her home broadband…