ISPA Reveal the WINNERS of its 2013 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today unveiled the full winners list from last night’s 15th annual 2013 Internet Industry Awards, which saw the award for ‘Best Superfast Broadband‘ go to London ISP Hyperoptic and the gong for ‘Best Consumer Fixed Broadband‘ being won by Sky Broadband.

The event, which was held last night at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel in London (England), also saw Dr Julian Huppert MP pick-up this year’s Internet Hero award for his “tireless campaigning” against the controversial Communications Data Bill (Internet Snooping) and for being one of the few MPs who “truly understands the Internet“.

Elsewhere Recep Erdogan (Turkish Prime Minister) bagged the infamous gong for Internet Villain after he called online social media a “menace to society” and built an extensive record of censorship, online surveillance and website blocking. A variety of ISPs also won awards under various different categories last night and we’ve listed all of the winners below.

Nicholas Lansman, ISPAs Secretary General, said:

“The Hero & Villain Awards have been part of the ISPAs since the first awards in 1999, and Julian Huppert is a worthy Hero, being sometimes a lone voice advocating the importance of the internet in parliament. Recep Erdogan also deserves his award for the way he has prevented his citizens expressing themselves online.”

Winners of the ISPAs 2013 UK Internet Industry Awards

Best Superfast Broadband
Hyperoptic

Best Consumer Fixed Broadband
Sky Broadband

Best Business Fixed Broadband
Entanet

Best Fixed Wireless Access ISP
VFast

Best Consumer Customer Service ISP
Plusnet

Best Business Customer Service ISP
Catalyst2

Best SME Business Hosting
Storm Internet

Best Large Business Hosting
Fluidata

Best Internet Telephony
Teleappliant

Digital Inclusion
myLonelyParent

Internet Safety and Security
KC

Managed Service Innovation
Media Service Provider

Customer Choice
Catalyst2

PlusNet certainly deserved its gong for customer service and they’ve won similar awards in other surveys, although we suspect that giving Sky Broadband the award for best consumer provider might split the public a bit. Sky are certainly one of the best among the markets largest ISPs but we’re not convinced about their merits when put upon against many of the smaller providers.

Now if only Hyperoptic could deliver its excellent 1Gbps capable FTTH broadband service to the rest of the country.

For more information:
http://www.ispaawards.org.uk