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ISPA announce 2015 ISPA Awards shortlists

It is that time of year again when ISPA announce the shortlists for the ISPA Awards and those firms who have entered find out whether they have been nominated and can start the nail biting until the actual winners are announced on the 2nd July at the Brewery in the City of London.

The annual ISPA Awards is one of the few to actually include technical testing, thus helping to ensure that no matter how good the entry writer is the service will have to do what it says on the tin and pass muster amongst its peers in the tested categories.

"Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the 2015 ISPAs. With ISPA celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the long running ISPA Awards continues to reward those who help connect consumers and businesses and underpin our economy and society. These awards are the most rigorous and independent in the sector, with millions of tests carried out and direct input from customers. I look forward to the unveiling of the winners in July."

ISPA Secretary General Nick Lansman

Best Superfast Broadband
Entanet
Hyperoptic
Keycom
Spectrum Internet
Wessex Internet

Best Consumer Fixed Broadband
Hyperoptic
Andrews & Arnold ISP
Keycom
Plusnet

Best SME Broadband
Exa Networks
Entanet
Fastnet
Hyperoptic
Spectrum Internet

Best Enterprise Broadband
Bridge Fibre
Entanet
Exa Networks
Origin Broadband

Best Wireless
Keycom
Metronet(UK)
Spectrum Internet
VFast
Wessex Internet

Best Shared Hosting
Catalyst2
FidoNet
Heart Internet
MacAce

Best Dedicated Hosting
Memset
Namesco
PoundHost
Stratogen
Tagadab

Best VoIP
FidoNet
NFON
Node4
Soho66
Telappliant
Voipfone

Best Consumer Customer Service
ASK4
Cablecom
Catalyst2
Fuel Broadband
Hyperoptic
Keycom

Best Business Customer Service
Cablecom
Catalyst2
Exa Networks
Keycom
Storm Internet
Talk Internet

Best Business Use of Cloud
Antheus
Content Guru
Memset
Storm Internet
Talk Straight

Best Use of Digital
CableCom
Connexin
Hyperoptic
TalkTalk

Safety Award
Childnet
eCadets
Exa Networks
iCT4
UK Safer Internet Centre

Security Award
Censornet
Exa Networks
F-Secure
Memset
Talk Straight

Customer Choice Award
Andrews & Arnold ISP
Catalyst2
Hyperoptic
Plusnet
Wessex Internet

  

The judging panel will meet a few weeks ahead of the awards to cogitate over who should win in the announced categories after having previously read through all the entrants written submissions. The exceptions are the Customer Choice Award where customers have already had two months to vote and voting in that category is now closed, the Internet Villain and Hero Awards usually open for nomination shortly, with the ISPA Council deciding who gets the trophies in these final two categories.

The broadband and hosting categories were tested by thinkbroadband over the period of 23rd February to 23rd May 2015, with Malden Electronics testing the entrants in the VoIP category.

Comments

Surprised Quickline is not up there as they are doing a grand job in North Lincolnshire putting up Wimax wireless masts on village churches and masts all over the place and loads of positive comments about them.

  • chefbyte
  • over 5 years ago

Have Zen not entered, to give someone else a chance? Or was the entry qualification meddled with to stop them?
They seem to win everything else, including 11 consecutive years as best ISP from PC Pro and covering everything from consumer level (Which?) to specialist communications industry awards like Comms National, so I can't see any other ways in which they wouldn't be on these lists.

  • phil_w_lee
  • over 5 years ago

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