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Business

Is being an entrepreneur a good thing?

I have always considered what I do, in terms of starting and running a business, as the role of a businessman and not one of...
Piers Daniell on November 13, 2013
Piers Daniell 2013-11-13T12:23:35+00:00
Business

Waitrose work hard to lose customers

I have written before about the power of a brand and the loyalty it can create, but this too can go against the business. Customer...
Piers Daniell on September 10, 2013
Piers Daniell 2013-09-10T18:50:56+01:00
Internet

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...
Piers Daniell on April 11, 2013
Piers Daniell 2013-04-11T17:41:59+01:00
Travel

End of the line for Virgin

I was interested in last week’s announcement that Virgin Trains would no longer have the West Coast mainline franchise as it has now been awarded...
Piers Daniell on August 23, 2012
Piers Daniell 2012-08-23T16:16:07+01:00
Internet

True fibre to the home

I have already banged the drum about the likes of BT and Virgin selling their broadband products as ‘fibre to the home’, when the cable...
Piers Daniell on September 12, 2011
Piers Daniell 2011-09-12T15:15:42+01:00
Internet

Publicity stunt or new network?

There are some interesting developments in the world of Rural Broadband with Fujitsu this week announcing its new consortium with Virgin, TalkTalk and Cisco to...
Piers Daniell on April 14, 2011
Piers Daniell 2011-04-14T11:32:42+01:00
Internet

Rural connectivity is used as a lever

There was an interesting turn of events this week with an open letter being sent to Ed Vaizey, Communications Minister, from a number of infrastructure...
Piers Daniell on April 6, 2011
Piers Daniell 2011-04-06T06:57:03+01:00
General

It does what it says on the tin

It seems that some stories on broadband still get broadsheet journalists in a tizzy with the latest being the debate over ‘up to’ or ‘average...
Piers Daniell on February 28, 2011
Piers Daniell 2011-02-28T15:38:06+00:00
General

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...
Piers Daniell on August 16, 2010
Piers Daniell 2010-08-16T08:44:21+01:00
Internet

Who to choose for your home internet connection?

Interesting results from ThinkBroadband’s latest comparison between the main internet providers. Unsurprisingly for some, BE and O2 come out on top of everything including speed,...
Piers Daniell on June 28, 2010
Piers Daniell 2010-06-28T12:37:52+01:00
General

What’s in a brand?

Company branding has always held a level of interest for me and when running your own business something that needs direction right from the beginning....
Piers Daniell on March 16, 2009
Piers Daniell 2009-03-16T14:24:31+00:00
Business

How to fix Digital Britain

Digital Britain has been released today. Not much there to help connectivity for business, the government seems to think it is important to offer faster...
Piers Daniell on January 29, 2009
Piers Daniell 2009-01-29T14:22:33+00:00
Business

Three’s a crowd?

I am interested in the high publicity that the third runway at Heathrow is getting, especially as I don’t have any strong opinions one way...
Piers Daniell on January 27, 2009
Piers Daniell 2009-01-27T04:24:52+00:00
Internet

50 Mb/s for consumers

Virgin Media this week launched their 50 Mb/s home service. I have written here before on their offering and misuse of the term ‘fibre’ and...
Piers Daniell on December 19, 2008
Piers Daniell 2008-12-19T08:50:39+00:00

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