Yes it is almost July again, which means it is the time of the year when the
Internet industry gets dressed up and is locked into a room until they find out
whether their hard work for the year has won them an award. The 15th ISPA
Awards will be held at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel in London on the 11th
July and ISPA has now released the shortlists for the various categories.
To be shortlisted means that in the technical categories the entrant has
made it through the technical testing phases, which thinkbroadband run for the
broadband and hosting categories with Malden Electronics testing for the
Internet Telephony category. The Customer Choice award is determined by public
vote with voting in that category now closed.
| The 15th ISPAs shortlist | |
|---|---|
| Best Superfast Broadband | Best Consumer Fixed Broadband |
| FastNet | Hyperoptic |
| Hyperoptic | Origin Broadband |
| KC | Plusnet |
| Plusnet | Sky Broadband |
| Zen Internet | Spectrum Internet |
| Best Business Fixed Broadband | Best Fixed Wireless |
| Cerberus Networks | LN Communications |
| Entanet Business | Kijoma Broadband |
| KC | Metronet (UK) |
| Plusnet | VFast Home |
| Urban Wimax | |
| Best Large Business Hosting | Best SME Business Hosting |
| 4D Data Centres | 4D Data Centres |
| Datapipe | Datanet |
| FastNet | Macace |
| FidoNet | Storm Internet |
| Fluidata | StratoGen |
| Stratogen | Virtual Internet |
| Best Internet Telephony | Best Consumer Customer Service |
| Gradwell | Catalyst2 |
| Telappliant | Hyperoptic |
| Timico | KC |
| VoIPfone | Macace |
| Zen Internet | Plusnet |
| Spectrum Internet | |
| Best Business Customer Service | Managed Service Innovation |
| Catalys2 | EuropaCom |
| Datanet | Media Service Provider |
| ExaNetworks | Memset |
| Fastnet | Timico |
| Timico | Virtual Internet |
| Internet Safety & Security | Digital Inclusion Award |
| Exa Netowks | FinerDay |
| Internet Watch Foundation | KC |
| KC | myLovelyParent |
| South West Grid for Learning (Online Compass Tool) | Southern Housing Group |
| TwoTen | Supporting Communities |
| Virtual Piggy | WEA |
| Customer Choice Award | |
| Catalyst2 | |
| Hyperoptic | |
| Macace | |
| Plusnet | |
| Zen Internet | |
There are two more categories, where the final shortlist has not been
finalised yet, and that is the Internet Hero and Internet Villain categories.
To nominate in either of these two categories tweet @ISPAUK with the #ISPAs
hashtag, or email your suggestion to [email protected] making it clear which of the categories
you are nominating for. The deadline for nominations is Friday 31st May 2013.
The decision on who deserves to win in their categories is down to the ISPA
Council.
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> The Customer Choice award is determined by public vote.
Where do the “public” go to vote, on-line I expect :p
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5746-voting-for-2013-ispa-customer-choice-award-underway.html
We mentioned it a few times, tweeted it etc, as did other outlets.
Thanks Andrew.
Must have missed that News item earlier in the year somehow 🙁
“This survey is not accepting additional responses at this time. Thank You!”
The survey doesn’t seem to want any more votes – guess they must have enough from the “public” and need the next seven weeks to count them all :p
As the Customer Choice carries a prize of attending event, it closes early enough to allow vote counting, and contact winner etc.
This has to be a fiddle, HyperOptic nominated in 4 categories?! Their customer base is tiny!