Posted: 24th Feb, 2006 By: MarkJ
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (
ISPA) has announced the winners of its 2006 Internet industry awards. The true winner of the night turned out to be
Zen Internet, which picked up no less than three gongs!:
Best Dial-Up sponsored by Brightfilter
Winner: BISCit Internet
Best Uncontended Service sponsored by Alcatel
Winner: Zen Internet
Best Light Business Broadband sponsored by BT Wholesale
Winner: Exa Networks
Best Light Consumer Broadband sponsored by Caudwell Logistics
Winner: UK Online
Best Heavy Business Broadband sponsored by Huawei Technologies
Winner: Zen Internet
Best Heavy Consumer Broadband sponsored by Axiom Systems
Winner: Madasafish
Best Sumo Business Broadband sponsored by Hostopia
Winner: Telewest Business Essentials
Best Sumo Consumer Broadband sponsored by F-Secure
Winner: Be Unlimited
Best Business ISP sponsored by Cisco Systems
Winner: Zen Internet
Best Consumer ISP sponsored by MasterCard
Winner: Wanadoo
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The Internet Villain Award is sponsored by Community Internet.
Winner: The UK Presidency of the European Union
An ISPA spokesperson said, The UK Presidency of the European Union received this award for seeking EU wide data retention laws which will force ISPs and telcos to retain more data for longer without proper impact assessment.
The Internet Hero Award is sponsored by NTL Wholesale.
Winner: All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG)
An ISPA spokesperson said, The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group received this award for its recommendations to amend the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) to further protect individual websites and the infrastructure of the Internet against the threat of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks.http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/newsreleases/Awardsrelease230206.htm