A few months ago we announced to much fanfare that we were investing nearly £2.5m into new hardware across our network. Last week saw the first of ten new chassis being deployed…
Professional meets amateur
Recently I took delivery of a new mountain bike. Usually such an event wouldn’t be worth a mention but when I had to wait several months for it to be built in…
Cinema becomes 4D
I never used to be a particularly big cinema fan; I just couldn’t see the point of spending a huge amount of money to sit in a sticky and dirty room with…
Team building
A while ago a number of us from the office completed, what is billed as the toughest challenge on the planet, Tough Mudder. Although I would suspect something like an Iron Man…
Don’t put that there
As I have mentioned before the sight of one of BT’s new street cabinets, used in the delivery of Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), is significant especially when compared to the small…
The power of cloud
With all the talk of cloud I think it is easy to get swept up in the enthusiasm for it with little consideration for those who don’t work in our industry and…
When will our industry learn?
Interesting but not exactly unexpected news that BT and TalkTalk are not advising customers correctly on what their broadband speeds might be post installation. Obviously it is somewhat of a dark art,…
BT delivers some innovation at long last
With all the talk of BT’s Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) service, and the incorrect advertising of providing homes and businesses with ‘fibre internet’, their actual true Fibre to the Premises (FTTP)…
How much?!
I was intrigued with the news that Facebook has valued and bought a company at a $1bn valuation when it has only 13 staff and never made a profit. For those of…
For god’s sake Audi!
Just when I thought all was well in the car front Audi has gone and put a big spanner in the works with the launch of the Audi Q3 RS at the…
Royal Mail shouldn’t be too concerned, take a look at BT
Interesting news this week about TNT’s new delivery service which is being run by TNT Post and how it will affect Royal Mail. It is launching in the west of London to…
Weather improving – Atom time
My weekends have now become dictated by the weather; is it a normal day (ie rainy) or an Atom day (dry without any chance of rain)? With the car being delivered near…
Bandwidth Bandits need your support
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men and women promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to…
Technology helps make exercise fun
A big part of my training for the Tough Mudder event we are doing in May has been to run. God didn’t gift me with a running body and so to enter…
Onwards and upwards
With the May deadline fast approaching the Shard looks nearly finished. Apparently the final bit will be brought in by helicopter so I will be keeping an eye out but being a…