Food for thought: http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/10/28/right-tools-making-telecommuting-possible/
Cisco 7604
Fluidata to help keep the internet ticking over. Well this is a picture of one of our new Cisco 7604 routers which will be brought online in the next few weeks across…
Are businesses mad?
This week sees the launch of BT’s new promotion for businesses. Sign up today and get a free mobile dongle so you can browse the internet when not in the office! It…
Less is definitely more
One of our most interesting products to be developed this year at Fluidata has been the VOX 2.0 service. For the past 18-months Fluidata has been using the Telefonica O2 network for…
Fibre to the home
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…
Is a small company a bad thing?
In relation to my last post I just want to clarify that my position of what is a small business would probably fit 99% of all businesses in the UK economy. I…
Bullying small businesses
One thing that really annoys me is some larger enterprise customers’ perception of a smaller business and its ability to dictate the terms of business. I have talked previously that in this…
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…
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).…