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UPD Fluidata Claims Real Competition Can Drive BT to Go Fibre Optic

18th February, 2014 (27 Comments)

The accounts manager for business ISP Fluidata, Andi Soric, has observed how one of the quickest ways to encourage BT into deploying a true fibre optic (FTTP) broadband network is for rivals to foster competition at infrastructure level by doing the same thing first.

Fluidata Boss Slams Use of Old BT Copper Broadband for New UK Builds

15th January, 2014 (108 Comments)

The Managing Director of UK business ISP Fluidata, Piers Daniell, has criticised BT for “short-sighted and self-absorbed behaviour” after he completed on a new flat in London only to find that the operator was installing older copper phone and broadband cables into the premises instead of true fibre optic.

ISP to Expand Faster Wireless Broadband in Rural Northamptonshire UK

7th December, 2013 (2 Comments)

Northamptonshire ISP VillageBroadband, which typically serves residents and businesses in the rural hamlet of Strixton and its neighbouring villages (Wollaston and Denton), has said that it expects to expand their coverage and double in size, all with no help from the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) scheme.

Hull ISP KC Calls UK Broadband Speed Demand Study a Dangerous Red Herring

7th November, 2013 (5 Comments)

The Hull-based incumbent telecoms provider KC, which covers part of East Yorkshire in England, has advised the UK Government to ignore an “unambitious” new study by the Broadband Stakeholder Group after it suggested that a “median household” might only require bandwidth of 19Mbps (Megabits per second) by 2023.

Gigaclear Opens UK Rural Fibre Optic Broadband Network to More ISPs

26th July, 2013 (6 Comments)

Gigaclear, which has installed several 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTP) networks in rural communities around England, has partnered up to adopt Fluidata’s Service Exchange Platform (SEP) that should give those covered by the operators network a greater choice of around 50 ISPs.

Fluidata to Provide O2 UK with New Core Network for WiFi and Extra Capacity

22nd May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has today signed a new “multi-million pound contract” with O2 UK that will supply the mobile operator with a new core network and enough “last mile” data connectivity and capacity to help support the expansion of its wireless internet (wifi) hotspots across the country.

UPD UK ISP Fluidata Completes GBP2.5m Broadband Capacity Upgrade

21st December, 2012 (3 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has completed a £2.5 million core network upgrade “on time and on budget“, which among other things will massively boost the capacity of its new Service Exchange Platform (SEP). The SEP makes it easier for a range of ISPs to reach rural premises through a specially aggregated open access wholesale network.

South Yorkshire Locals Now Have a Choice of 50 UK ISPs via Digital Region

31st October, 2012 (4 Comments)

The financially troubled Digital Region network, which offers an alternative superfast broadband platform in South Yorkshire (England), can now give local homes and businesses a choice 50+ ISPs after the previously announced Service Exchange Platform (SEP) finally went live.

Fluidata ISP Boss Criticises EE for Underwhelming 4G Speeds and Data Caps

31st October, 2012 (5 Comments)

The boss of UK business ISP Fluidata, Piers Daniell, has said that he is “somewhat underwhelmed” by the lower than hoped for Mobile Broadband speeds of EE’s new 4G (LTE) service and expressed similar disappointment about its low and “misjudged” usage allowances.

Fluidata Brings Choice of 50 UK ISPs to Digital Region in South Yorkshire

15th August, 2012 (2 Comments)

The long suffering Digital Region network, which offers an alternative superfast broadband platform to BT in South Yorkshire, has received a boost after it adopted Fluidata’s Service Exchange Platform (SEP). The move could give local homes a choice of more than 50 ISPs instead of just a handful.

UK ISP Fluidata Report Record Office Internet Traffic Surge During Wimbledon

10th July, 2012 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata reports that last week’s annual Wimbledon tennis tournament in London (England) caused the highest increase in office internet traffic witnessed on their broadband network for any sporting event over the past three years, mostly as a result of video streaming (e.g. iPlayer) by day workers.

Fluidata Boosts Capacity of its Broadband ISP Solution for UK Rural Areas

29th June, 2012 (2 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has invested a further £2.5 million to massively boost the capacity of its new Service Exchange Platform (SEP), which makes it easier for a range of competitive broadband ISPs (i.e. not just BT based providers) to reach rural homes and businesses through a specially aggregated open access wholesale network.

UK ISP Fluidata Slams Outdated Music Industry for Pirate Bay Blockade

15th June, 2012 (4 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has criticised the UK music industry for forcing the country’s big broadband providers into blocking access to The Pirate Bay website, which is accused of facilitating unlawful P2P internet piracy, instead of updating their own “out of date” business models to address the real problems.

Fluidata Defends BT over Claims of Monopolising UK Superfast Broadband

24th May, 2012 (12 Comments)

The Managing Director (MD) of UK business ISP Fluidata, Piers Daniell, has accused the Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Media, Andrew Barron, of being almost hypocritical for claiming that BT are monopolising superfast broadband. “It’s rich that a company like Virgin, who offers no wholesale access to its residential network, is making such an issue,” said Piers.

UK ISP Fluidata Launch 200Mbps Bonded Superfast FTTC Broadband Service

17th May, 2012 (4 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has today announced the launch of its new PureFluid PULSE service, which effectively bonds (line-bonding) up to three 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) based broadband connections to deliver a maximum internet download speed of up to 200Mbps (60Mbps upload).

The Changing Role of the ISP – Guest Editorial by Piers Daniell MD of Fluidata

14th May, 2012 (0 Comments)

I recently had a discussion with a prospect about the role and the value of the ISP in today’s telecoms industry. We discussed whether the opinion amongst some that see ISPs as “resellers; pointless middlemen; and a barely necessary layer between source and supply” had any validity and whether it’s, perhaps, more a case that the lines have blurred and ISPs have evolved to become more than simple service providers?