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First established in 1996, IDNet is highly regarded as being one of the most reliable Internet Service Providers in the market. It offers a wide range of residential and business services, including ADSL and SDSL broadband, web design and programming, secure web hosting and email provision.
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IDNet is a small provider that has successfully managed to focus on a strong balance of price and quality. This makes its director, Simon Davies, an ideal interview candidate for questions about current and future market developments: 1. Six of the country’s largest ISPs recently agreed to a voluntary anti-piracy deal with the music and film industry. Under this agreement any customers identified as having been involved in downloading illegal music or movies would be issued with a warning to stop. Customers that continue the activity could also face further, as yet undecided, penalties (not disconnection) for their actions. What are your thoughts on this; is it the best way to tackle the problem and how will your ISP be affected?
2. BT has finally begun the slow rollout of ‘up to’ 24Mbps broadband ADSL2+ (Wholesale Broadband Connect) services, though it could still be some months before a larger number of ISPs are able to deploy consumer products based off this new service. Is this a product you intend to adopt and what sort of challenges does it present the ISP with?
3. There was a lot of talk between the end of 2007 and early 2008 about the impact of growing online video (IPTV) consumption upon ISPs, raising network usage levels and putting pressure on the economic models adopted by some providers. How has the situation panned out, is this still a cause for concern and if so then how can it be solved? IDNET: The Olympics saw a huge rise in the use of the BBC iPlayer. This did cause us a bit of a problem at the time. Back then getting bandwidth online was subject to a BT lead-time of 3 months. With 21CN we will be able to turn-on more bandwidth as and when needed. Have something to say? Check out the ISPreview Forum
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