INCA Reveal Winners of the 2023 UK AltNet Broadband ISP Awards
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has today unveiled the list of winners from their annual 2023 INCA Awards event, which aims to recognise and celebrate the best alternative networks (altnets) and ISPs from across the UK. Suffice to say that it was a good night for Ogi, Freedom Fibre, Airband, CityFibre and others.
As usual, the winners were all decided by a panel of six independent industry judges (here), which included a mix of people from network operators, consultancy and analyst firms.
The awards were then handed down last night at a ceremony during the first day of INCA’s annual Conference, which is being held at The National Conference Centre in Birmingham. The list lacks a useful description for why each winner was chosen, but most are fairly self-explanatory.
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Winners of the 2023 INCA Awards
Best Public Sector Project
LCR ConnectBest Community Project
AirbandOutstanding Contribution
Sean RoyceRising Star Award
Bradley EarleCustomer Acquisition Award
OgiNet Zero Award
Freedom FibreOutstanding Delivery of New Infrastructure
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Oh no, not another money making sham awards program.
Yep, tier one membership costs £7,000 a year.
Hmmm, I wonder if that also guarantees an award?
Meaningless, why do sites even bother reporting on them. The same con happens in most industries.
They even have a netzero cult award
In the gaming industry it’s even more scandalous, game “journos” get paid to leave raving reviews (a bad review means the outlet loses privileges from developers), game sells more copies because of paid reviews, award is given to these paid reviews
It’s hilarious how back in 2020, a year with masterpieces such as Hades, Doom, Final Fantasy remake, Ghost of Tsushima… The last of us wins with a user score of 55/100. The IGN “journo” that gave it a 10/10, then got hired for the developer. It’s a revolving door of corruption
Don’t even get me started on the Oscars where movies now get rated on checkboxes like diversity and equity BS, resulting in movies no one watches winning and a collapse in audiences. Hollywood is done
So many of these money making award ceremonies popping up, they’ve just become a bit of a joke, meaningless and pointless.
Just an excuse for another booze up paid for by the investors.
Come on, get on with your jobs!
The MS3 one made me smile.. given the reaction from local residents the other week.
Exactly, just proves what a joke these awards are!
To be fair “outstanding” would describe it.
The poles that were supposed to be installed are still ‘outstanding’ 😀
or
There’s stubs of poles “out-standing” where the poles should be.
(Joking aside, I hope they catch whoever is messing with core infrastructure and they actually get dealt with – unlikely but I can dream.)
Looking at INCA’s website:
35 Tier one members @ £7,000 pa = £245,000.
84 Tier two members @ £2,800 pa = £235,200.
Total from just these members = £480,200.
Think I might set up one of these associations myself!
@James – Sounds great, can I be your business partner?
Someones got to give an alt-net an award, it wont be for tidy roadworks thats for sure !