The UK Internet Industry Awards (ISPAs) took place this week with the UK's leading ISPs eagerly awaiting news on the best of the internet industry.
Since its launch in 1999, the ISPAs have celebrated innovation and best practice in the field of internet telecommunications and have become a much sought after accolade, with decisions coming from Government representatives and the media.
Last year the Best Consumer Broadband award went to
Eclipse Internet after impressing the judges with its 'zero-touch' fully automated order processing service and rapid delivery of its broadband services, whilst the Best Business Broadband went to Datanet.
This year, all eyes were on the Best Consumer ISP award with finalists consisting of
BT,
Orange,
PlusNet,
Tiscali,
Virgin Media and
Vispa.
PlusNet ended up scooping the prize with a positive summary from the judges:
"The judges agreed that
PlusNet put their customers first with transparent usage allowances rather than vague FUPs and their self developed traffic management system. The judges also felt that PlusNet's one month contracts were very beneficial to consumers."
Virgin Media crept up again in the nominations for Best Consumer Broadband with Entanet,
Seriously Internet and
Waitrose also making the finalist list. However,
NewNet won the award on the merits of "introducing its own LLU service, offering up to 24 Meg ADSL2+."
On the Business side of things, Datanet were awarded the Best Business Broadband title and
Eclipse Internet picked up credit for outstanding services in the Best Business ISP award.
Included in the finalist list for Best Wireless ISP was BOZII, Kijoma, South West Internet,
T-Mobile and
Vodafone.
Vodafone were awarded the prize with positive comments from the ISPA spokesperson:
"The judges felt that Vodafone's wireless solution was at the cutting edge of new and emerging HSPA technology with their HSDPA and HSUPA enabling great functionality."
For the full list of ISPA finalists and overall winners visit The Internet Industry Awards website at
www.ispaawards.org.uk.
