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...

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...

It is not fibre!

I am fed up with the apparent lack of education when it comes to our national broadband networks. Call me old fashioned but I believe...

Protect against an outage, make a plan

Something we always like to discuss with new customers is the necessity of backup, or more importantly a plan should the worse happen. As important...

What is the point in Google installing fibre?

Google’s latest announcement is to move further into telecommunications and deploy a fibre network in the US offering up to 500,000 consumers access to a...

What to expect in the next decade?

As 2010 rolls in, I am reminded that a decade is a significant period of time and a good one to reflect on, especially in...

When is 100 Mb/s too much?!

Recently had a new fibre line installed into the office for general office use, VoIP and video. As you can see from the picture it...

Which exchange? I’ll have two please.

It beggars belief but for those of you who have read my previous pieces on the aggregation services Fluidata offers in the form of PureFluid...

Failover is key

Businesses across London have been suffering for the past few days with no communications following a tunnel borer cutting through a major BT trunk at...

Lord Carter fails to understand broadband

Another politician without a clue on the industry they are governing? Well if you believe the hype on the forthcoming Digital Britain report then it...

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...

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...

Fibre to the home a reality?

There has been recent news by BT that they will be investing £1.5 billion in developing a fibre network to bring speeds of 50 Mb/s...