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…

Company Benefits

I found in terms of attracting and retaining staff, extra benefits can help even a small business to flourish. For a while I thought it was only really a ‘big’ ie enterprise…

Speed limits

Driving back into London last night got me thinking of the Governments new speed penalties which will be coming into force very shortly. Basically anyone caught exceeding the speed limit by 15…

Cash flow management

In relation to running a business in the current economic climate one of the biggest issues I see is mismanagement of cash-flow. One thing I made absolutely sure with Fluidata right from…

Short termism

Back from a holiday on the south coast enjoying the tiny bit of sun we had this summer. I had a lot to read especially with everything developing with Lehman Brothers and…

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…

Time to start again

My fascination of cars doesn’t stop just at the metal on the road but also the industry as a whole and the relationships between the different manufacturers. One of my favourites is…

Invest for gold

The great success of Britian in the Olympics got me thinking as to why it has taken a century for us to up our game and beat Europe. I think a lot…

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…

Super Tax for the rich?

I read in the Sunday Times this week that the government are putting serious thought to bringing in legislation to increase tax to anyone earning more than £250,000 per year. Personally I…

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…