Jump with caution

With the recent hype on the launch of 5G wireless technology, the upgrade to the ubiquitous 4G, it got me wondering about what the potential...

We have been here before

Over the past few weeks I have been attending a number of seminars focusing on the future of fibre for the UK and how as...

Do not underestimate the value of resilience

With BT currently suffering a lot of negative publicity in the last two days with two major outages caused by power issues in two London...

Back to the floor

One of my favourite programs was ‘Back to the Floor’ where owners and high level executives went back to the grass roots of their business...

It is easy to tick boxes

In a letter in the Financial Times this week SKY, Vodafone and TalkTalk signed a letter asking Ofcom, the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate...

Should internet access be considered a utility?

As the House of Lords begin their debate on whether internet access should be considered a utility, the US Federal Communications Commission has approved a...

Reputation is everything

Our industry (telecoms) is one of the most incestuous in world. Our competitors at Fluidata are also our customers and suppliers. This works because business...

The machines are listening

A recent article in the Times around Google and a growing number of people who are turning their backs on the business and going ‘Google-Free’...

The phone line is dead. Should someone tell BT?

One interesting ‘in the small print’ pieces about BT’s fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology is that if you don’t also have a BT copper...

The Victorians would be appalled by BT’s short-sighted behaviour

I recently completed on a new flat in London. Nothing too fancy, just somewhere I can lay my head during the week, and maybe where...

Our demands will only get greater

With Netflix announcing tests of streaming ultra-high definition video (aka 4K) next year, you have to wonder who is going to see the benefit. It...

BT works hard to maintain their bullyboy reputation

For the past few weeks the news has been full of reports with regards to rural broadband and the Broadband Delivery group (BDUK) which was...

Demand not there for great tennis

Every year when major sporting events have been aired during working hours we have always taken a keen interest on how many of our customers...

Google Glass in the future

Interesting video by Playground on what Google Glass could look like in the future and how it could be integrated into everyday life. Obviously I...

Gigaclear continues to plug away

A lot of focus recently has been on the government funding currently being awarded to BT to deliver high speed broadband services to the majority...