Friday 14th March, 2008
Winners of The 2008 ISPAs–
The 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards
The 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards
The winners of The 2008 ISPAs - the 9th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards in association with Epitiro - were announced at a gala dinner at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square on the 14th March 2008.
Congratulations to all the finalists, the companies that received commendations and of course the winners.
ISP Division
Best Dial-Up sponsored by Peer App
The finalists were as follows:
Datanet
Enatnet
Exa
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner: Waitrose
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the straightforward and simple installation of the Waitrose Dial-Up package. Of particular note was the customer support with a freephone number to the help desk.”
Best Shared Host sponsored by e Pages
The finalists were as follows:
123-Reg
Easyspace
Exa
Namesco
UK-2
Winner: Namesco
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges decided unanimously that Namesco’s range of packages and the availability of up-to-date hosting statisticss allowed the flexibility to accommodate a customers’ shared hosting needs. They were also pleased to see that the customer support was available seven days a week.”
Best Dedicated Host sponsored by Seagate
The finalists were as follows:
Namesco
Netcetera
UK-2
UKFast
Webfusion
Winner: UKFast
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that UKFast has placed importance on client data protection and can offer customers a variety of secure hosting packages which include automated patch management and good SLAs.”
Best Portal sponsored by NebuAd
The finalists were as follows:
Bt.yahoo.com
Karoo.co.uk
Orange.co.uk
Tiscali.co.uk
Virginmedia.com
Winner: Bt.yahoo.com
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt the bt.yahoo portal is clear and well laid out. Users have easy access to any additional services that they require such as the digital vault for storage and access to manage their BT account. Content boxes can be moved around or added into the portal page allowing the user to customise and personalise their page.”
Best Consumer Email sponsored by Cloudmark
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
NewNet
Pipex
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner: Entanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt Entanet had a solid, simple email service.”
Best Business Email sponsored by Hibernia
The finalists were as follows:
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Lumison
NewNet
Zen Internet
Winner: Eclipse Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Eclipse can provide a complete range of robust business-class email solutions for business. Users can manage their accounts as their needs change with a sophisticated control panel.”
Best Streaming sponsored by Plusnet
The finalists were as follows:
Astream
Global Digital Broadcast
Kinura
Media On Demand
Mydeo
Winner: Astream
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Astream offer a professional service to its customers catering for the advanced consumer to the professional. They were pleased to see demos available on the site of the quality clients can expect provided by various bandwidths and media players.”
Best Internet Telephony sponsored by Magrathea
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
Keen Computers
Lumison
Tesco
Zen Internet
Winner: Entanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “VoIP is becoming a bigger player in the telecommunications market and the judges felt that Entanet’s portfolio of services and support for partners offered an exciting proposition for resellers to supply VoIP. They were impressed with its peering capabilities and the features of the VoIP Elite package.”
Best Wireless ISP sponsored by NyNet
The finalists were as follows:
BOZII
Kijoma
South West Internet
T-Mobile
Vodafone
Winner: Vodafone
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Vodafone’s wireless solution was at the cutting edge of new and emerging HSPA technology with their HSDPA and HSUPA enabling great functionality.”
Best Consumer Broadband sponsored by UK-2
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
Newnet
Seriously Internet
Virgin Media
Waitrose
Winner: NewNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were pleased to see that NewNet are pushing the limits of broadband capabilities in a consumer market by introducing its own LLU service, offering up to 24 Meg ADSL2+.”
Best Business Broadband sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
The finalists were as follows:
Claranet
Datanet
Lumison
NewNet
Plusnet
Winner: Datanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Datanet’s range of broadband packages catered for all business users regardless of size. They were encouraged to see that the service is uncapped and unlimited for business users and that they offer good ADSL support.”
Best Consumer ISP sponsored by F-Secure
The finalists were as follows:
BT
Orange
PlusNet
Tiscali
Virgin Media
Vispa
Winner: PlusNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that PlusNet put their customers first with transparent usage allowances rather than vague FUPs and their self developed traffic management system. The judges also felt that PlusNet’s one month contracts were very beneficial to consumers.”
Best Business ISP sponsored by Cisco Systems
The finalists were as follows:
Claranet
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
PlusNet
Winner: Eclipse Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the restructuring of Eclipse to give prioritised support to business customers – including priority call answering. Eclipse’s hosting packages can comprehensively cover the needs of today’s businesses.”
Best Dial-Up sponsored by Peer App
The finalists were as follows:
Datanet
Enatnet
Exa
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner: Waitrose
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the straightforward and simple installation of the Waitrose Dial-Up package. Of particular note was the customer support with a freephone number to the help desk.”
Best Shared Host sponsored by e Pages
The finalists were as follows:
123-Reg
Easyspace
Exa
Namesco
UK-2
Winner: Namesco
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges decided unanimously that Namesco’s range of packages and the availability of up-to-date hosting statisticss allowed the flexibility to accommodate a customers’ shared hosting needs. They were also pleased to see that the customer support was available seven days a week.”
Best Dedicated Host sponsored by Seagate
The finalists were as follows:
Namesco
Netcetera
UK-2
UKFast
Webfusion
Winner: UKFast
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that UKFast has placed importance on client data protection and can offer customers a variety of secure hosting packages which include automated patch management and good SLAs.”
Best Portal sponsored by NebuAd
The finalists were as follows:
Bt.yahoo.com
Karoo.co.uk
Orange.co.uk
Tiscali.co.uk
Virginmedia.com
Winner: Bt.yahoo.com
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt the bt.yahoo portal is clear and well laid out. Users have easy access to any additional services that they require such as the digital vault for storage and access to manage their BT account. Content boxes can be moved around or added into the portal page allowing the user to customise and personalise their page.”
Best Consumer Email sponsored by Cloudmark
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
NewNet
Pipex
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner: Entanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt Entanet had a solid, simple email service.”
Best Business Email sponsored by Hibernia
The finalists were as follows:
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Lumison
NewNet
Zen Internet
Winner: Eclipse Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Eclipse can provide a complete range of robust business-class email solutions for business. Users can manage their accounts as their needs change with a sophisticated control panel.”
Best Streaming sponsored by Plusnet
The finalists were as follows:
Astream
Global Digital Broadcast
Kinura
Media On Demand
Mydeo
Winner: Astream
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Astream offer a professional service to its customers catering for the advanced consumer to the professional. They were pleased to see demos available on the site of the quality clients can expect provided by various bandwidths and media players.”
Best Internet Telephony sponsored by Magrathea
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
Keen Computers
Lumison
Tesco
Zen Internet
Winner: Entanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “VoIP is becoming a bigger player in the telecommunications market and the judges felt that Entanet’s portfolio of services and support for partners offered an exciting proposition for resellers to supply VoIP. They were impressed with its peering capabilities and the features of the VoIP Elite package.”
Best Wireless ISP sponsored by NyNet
The finalists were as follows:
BOZII
Kijoma
South West Internet
T-Mobile
Vodafone
Winner: Vodafone
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Vodafone’s wireless solution was at the cutting edge of new and emerging HSPA technology with their HSDPA and HSUPA enabling great functionality.”
Best Consumer Broadband sponsored by UK-2
The finalists were as follows:
Entanet
Newnet
Seriously Internet
Virgin Media
Waitrose
Winner: NewNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were pleased to see that NewNet are pushing the limits of broadband capabilities in a consumer market by introducing its own LLU service, offering up to 24 Meg ADSL2+.”
Best Business Broadband sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
The finalists were as follows:
Claranet
Datanet
Lumison
NewNet
Plusnet
Winner: Datanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Datanet’s range of broadband packages catered for all business users regardless of size. They were encouraged to see that the service is uncapped and unlimited for business users and that they offer good ADSL support.”
Best Consumer ISP sponsored by F-Secure
The finalists were as follows:
BT
Orange
PlusNet
Tiscali
Virgin Media
Vispa
Winner: PlusNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that PlusNet put their customers first with transparent usage allowances rather than vague FUPs and their self developed traffic management system. The judges also felt that PlusNet’s one month contracts were very beneficial to consumers.”
Best Business ISP sponsored by Cisco Systems
The finalists were as follows:
Claranet
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
PlusNet
Winner: Eclipse Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the restructuring of Eclipse to give prioritised support to business customers – including priority call answering. Eclipse’s hosting packages can comprehensively cover the needs of today’s businesses.”
Special Division
The Internet Watch Foundation Award sponsored by Orange
The finalists were as follows:
Brightfilter
Childnet International – Know IT All
Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon – EU Kids Online Project
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP
Richard Swetenham – Head of eContent and Safer Internet Unit at the European Commission
Winner: Richard Swetenham
Internet Villain sponsored by Ci-Net
The finalists were as follows:
BPI
BT Wholesale
Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP
HM Revenue and Customs
Nicolas Sarkozy
Winner: HM Revenue and Customs
Internet Hero sponsored by UKFast
The finalists were as follows:
Facebook
Financial Services Authority
Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness
Peter Robbins, OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
Derek Wyatt MP
Winner: Peter Robbins OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
The Internet Watch Foundation Award sponsored by Orange
The finalists were as follows:
Brightfilter
Childnet International – Know IT All
Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon – EU Kids Online Project
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP
Richard Swetenham – Head of eContent and Safer Internet Unit at the European Commission
Winner: Richard Swetenham
Internet Villain sponsored by Ci-Net
The finalists were as follows:
BPI
BT Wholesale
Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP
HM Revenue and Customs
Nicolas Sarkozy
Winner: HM Revenue and Customs
Internet Hero sponsored by UKFast
The finalists were as follows:
Financial Services Authority
Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness
Peter Robbins, OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
Derek Wyatt MP
Winner: Peter Robbins OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
