First established in 1997, Andrews & Arnold Ltd. (AAISP) began life as family run business that has since grown into a small but thriving company with two offices in Bracknell as well as equipment racks in many UK data centres. AAISP and its staff are also renowned for being highly technical and competent individuals who have a long history of being open and honest with their customers.
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The provider itself is run by its Director, Adrian Kennard, an often outspoken individual with a reputation for publicly confronting difficult industry issues. Though still somewhat of a niche technical ISP, Andrews & Arnold remains well respected within the industry and, despite its size, was also one of the first providers to help BT pilot a new generation of fibre optic (FTTC) broadband services. This all makes Adrian Kennard the perfect individual for our annual series of UK ISP interviews and he has our sincere admiration for agreeing to take part. 1. This year’s Digital Britain report approved a pledge to make broadband speeds of at least 2Mbps available to everybody in the UK by 2012, though there is still much debate surrounding what technology should be used to deliver it. In all likelihood the outcome will probably be a mix of limited land-line broadband coverage improvements, Mobile Broadband, Satellite technology and or Fixed Wireless Access (Wi-Fi / WiMAX) infrastructure. What are your thoughts on each of the proposed technology solutions?
2. Do you think the above solutions for bringing 2Mbps to the rest of the UK are the best ones or should the Digital Britain report have proposed something different (i.e. what would you do)?
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