After a recent trip to China I was awed by the development going on in the country. I have for years read about its massive growth, investment opportunities and its ability to…
Playroom Mk2
Nearly exactly a year after we signed the lease for our new office, our new demo suite is now ready. I have spoken before about our old playroom in our previous office…
Publicity stunt or new network?
There are some interesting developments in the world of Rural Broadband with Fujitsu this week announcing its new consortium with Virgin, TalkTalk and Cisco to deploy rural fibre to the premises (FTTP).…
The two speed internet
I have been interested to read on the subject of net neutrality (ie that all internet traffic is treated equal) and how the belief is that a two tier internet will be…
Rural connectivity is used as a lever
There was an interesting turn of events this week with an open letter being sent to Ed Vaizey, Communications Minister, from a number of infrastructure carriers demanding for lower costs on BT’s…
It must be able to go faster
I recently moved home, near to Stratford upon Avon, and one of the hopes I had was faster broadband. It wasn’t the only reason for moving of course… After years of doing…
Fibre in 7-days sir? No problem.
I have just got back from a short holiday to the news that one of our customers ordered a 100 Mb/s leased line that was installed in just 7-days! Obviously it was…
Cirque du Soleil continues to wow
I seem to be running a bit behind on my updates, however one memorable visit we made as a company a few weeks ago was to the Royal Albert Hall to see…
Jenny the Juniper
I had the pleasure of having one of our new Juniper MX240s on my desk the other day after it was shipped in from the US. After waiting weeks for them to…
It does what it says on the tin
It seems that some stories on broadband still get broadsheet journalists in a tizzy with the latest being the debate over ‘up to’ or ‘average speed’. Last week a number of people…
Tron Legacy – a geek’s wet dream
Just before Christmas I got to an opportunity to go to the IMAX and see Disney’s latest reincarnation of the 80’s classic, Tron Legacy. In glorious 3D it was an epic movie…
Succeed with a Chinese Mother
I have really enjoyed reading the extracts from Amy Chau and her new book (‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’) in the Sunday Times over the last few weeks. It tells the…
In the middle of the Information Age
Michael Fevyer, our Sales Manager, put together a piece for a newsletter recently and it struck a chord so I thought it was worth repeating it here. So here we are, allegedly…
Two thousand and eleven is wrong
I would bet that most of you, when asked, would pronounce the year we currently find ourselves, two thousand and eleven. Even I am guilty. However if I was to ask you…
BT Openreach lack manpower
I have been staggered at BT’s inability in the last few months to fulfil orders and the lack of publicity surrounding it. It must be the case that BT’s reputation is so…