Bringing connectivity to rural homes and businesses has received quite a lot of press recently as the government gears up for a significant investment into new last mile networks. This should help to stimulate local communities and make low density populations more accessible. Part of the issue however, with this kind of government investment, is trying to give consumers a choice of provider. The...

As the voracious interest to watch, understand and contextualise real time events increases, social media networks like Twitter and Facebook are fast becoming the favoured source for live information. Many a time I’ve watched the twitter stream of an event or a story’s respective hash tag, hanging on every word like I’m in the middle of the action. Last week, as both London and the rest of the UK...

The internet looks to be the first port of call for most business workers during any major news event such as Wimbledon or Mr Murdoch, as previously reported. However nothing compares to riots and looting across the UK. With a 60% increase in traffic today compared to previous highs and over 50% of that being identified as BBC's IPlayer traffic. Today has been the higher of the two days, quickly...

In the recent past a number of global organisations have been victims of cyber hacking, with strong evidence pointing to one state being the perpetrator – China. Although the organisation which uncovered the attacks, McAfee, has not officially named any states, many other experts have suggested that the evidence points strongly towards the country. The media is reporting more and more security...

History teaches us that progress is at the very heart of human nature and society. Progress may not always preset itself as linear, it may be cyclical or even - if we subscribe to the theories of Hegel or Marx - dialectical, yet society, we are taught, always moves forward – in science, in philosophy, in liberty, in modernity etc. Technology is certainly something that we witness progress in and...

South Korea is on the verge of spending $2-billion on a vast digital scholastic network which will see tablet PC’s replace all paper textbooks. South Korea is widely regarded to be the most tech savvy nation in the world, and a recent study, by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation, found South Korean children to score higher than all other international counterparts in their ability to...

The beginning of the month saw internet traffic jump by almost 70 per cent at times - due to the Wimbledon Quarter Finals. We can now report a similar, but greater, surge centred on the recent Culture, Media and Sport select committee hearings. The Murdoch’s appearance at the committee on Tuesday 19th generated 45 per cent more internet traffic and even topped the highest traffic figures seen...

Network Neutrality - the principle that internet users can access any web content/application they choose without restrictions or limitations imposed by the ISP’s or government, has been a hotly debated topic over the last 18 months. There are two opposing views on network neutrality. Those against ‘deregulators’ have traditionally been incumbent telecom companies - keen to charge website...

A big part of the story at Fluidata is our people. We strive to deliver excellent customer service by investing not only in technology but also everyone who works at the company. This year we successfully achieved the Bronze Investors in People award. This was helped by not only adopting professional business practices which you would expect from a much larger company, but also by utilising...

Last night we won Best Business Fixed Broadband at the 13 th Internet Services Providers’ Association’s annual awards, The ISPAs. Held at the Lancaster Hotel in London a number of us enjoyed dinner along with the rest of our industry before the awards were announced. Fluidata was nominated also for Best Business Customer Service. It was a very enjoyable evening giving the industry an opportunity...