We did it! We really did it. On Saturday 12th September, Fluidata’s own Bandwidth Bandits completed the 50km Thames Path Challenge in aid of the charity Wings for Life. Beginning at Putney Bridge, the Bandits mustered up the required courage to defeat the very gruelling, albeit very scenic river walk in just over ten hours, averaging out at speeds of around 5km per hour. “It was a painful journey...

Later this month, Fluidata’s own Head of Practice Simon Stokes will be attending and talking at Transform Digital: Bristol. The conference, which is taking place over two days in September, will see a vast array of big-name industry experts cover a range of topics from digital infrastructure for economic development and the growth of the competitive sector through to new approaches offering value...

Many months ago Ofcom announced changes to the process internet service providers use to transfer DSL & other session initiating services from one supplier to another. This article is the old process, the new process & the impact on the industry & consumer both processes have. Currently, service providers follow the well-known MAC process. A process that (in short), gives a customer an...

This bank weekend holds a very exciting event for some Fluidata team members. This Sunday, Wings for Life – with their silent lead please partner Red Bull - holds the Wings for Life World Run. The event is a global running and wheelchair event taking place in over 35 locations simultaneously around the world. While the UK course is over 100kms long, there is no finish line. A fun feature of...

In Austin, Texas the perception is ‘When Google comes to town, it's bad news for its rivals but good news for consumers.’ The search engine giant aims to shake up the rural Internet providing monopolies that are often the sole providers in one area – much like the UK. The announcement of Google Fibre in Austin has inspired other American providers to declare new packages and faster speeds. ...

Today we attended the launch of a Fluidata partner, Tancroft’s new SIP offering. The new platform has been vigorously tried and tested on a global scale. The new platform is extremely flexible & certainly doesn't lack in functionality. Fluidata & Tancroft are well aligned in terms of ethos, reach & ability. Regularly working together to deliver value through to clients, Tancroft & Fluidata are...

The election is just around the corner, we ask why aren’t the competing parties putting enough emphasis on the UK’s superfast infrastructure when we are so far behind the rest of Europe? The UK is sitting at the very top of the economic, military & democratic food chain, but for all our successes we sit 25th in Europe in terms of high speed infrastructure, to most this would then be considered...

Fluidata in collaboration with a trusted partner, integrated the unique Hammersmith and Fulham network into our Service Exchange Platform last year. The next generation infrastructure is pioneering a new project to re-use exiting fibre ducts in the Hammersmith and Fulham area providing business’s in the borough with cost effective high speed Internet access. Hammersmith and Fulham has become the...

When it comes to the global digital divide it’s an unfortunate fact that developing countries suffer more than developed countries, however as Fluidata has pointed out in previous blog posts even here in the UK – a “developed” country – there is a huge digital divide. To make matters worse, there are certain demographic groups within the UK which are more likely to feel the effects of the digital...

With the General Election just weeks away, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne had to impress in what could potentially be his last Budget announcement. During his speech he made a number of promises to do with tax, benefits, pensions and more, however here at Fluidata we were also interested in his thoughts on how technology will play a part in improving the future of the UK.