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
HyperopticBest Consumer Fixed Broadband
Sky BroadbandBest Business Fixed Broadband
EntanetBest Fixed Wireless Access ISP
VFastBest Consumer Customer Service ISP
PlusnetBest Business Customer Service ISP
Catalyst2Best SME Business Hosting
Storm InternetBest Large Business Hosting
FluidataBest Internet Telephony
TeleappliantDigital Inclusion
myLonelyParentInternet Safety and Security
KCManaged Service Innovation
Media Service ProviderCustomer 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
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