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Launch of The 2006
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Searching for the Champions of the UK Internet
Industry (02/08/05)
Searching for the Champions of the UK Internet
Industry Launch of The 2006 ISPAs - The 8th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) in association
with Epitiro (formerly Purple Sun) has launched this years' search for the
Internet industry’s champion performers.
The 2006 ISPAs - the 8th
annual UK Internet industry awards – will build on the success of last
year’s awards where 120 Internet services were independently monitored by
Epitiro.
The 2006 ISPAs will be made up of two divisions; the ISP
division and the Special Awards division.
The ISPAs retains its
position as THE UK Internet Industry Awards by changing and evolving to reflect
the dynamic industry it serves.
The 2006 ISPAs features six broadband
categories and introduces three new award categories. Namely;
- Best
Dial-Up
- Best Uncontended Service
- Best Streaming Service.
Jessica Hendrie-Liaño, Chair of the ISPA Council said, “The
ISPAs celebrate outstanding performance and service from ISPs across the
Internet industry. It is a superb opportunity for consumers to see which
services perform best under the scrutiny of the independent monitoring and
judging process.”
Epitiro will analyse, monitor and test entrants
in the ISP Division on criteria including connection time, connection speed,
upload and download speed, and DNS time.
Shortlist selection will be
based on how well services perform in relation to the speeds at which they are
marketed. An independent judging panel of industry experts from across the
sector will then select the winners based on entrants’ value added
services such as levels of customer support, the presence of service
restrictions and online safety features.
The ISPA Council will select
the shortlists and winners of the Internet Hero and Internet Villain categories
and the Internet Watch Foundation will select the shortlist and winner for the
Internet Watch Foundation Award.
About Epitiro (formerly Purple
Sun)
Epitiro offer a range of services to Internet service providers
to monitor the performance of customer experiences across dial up, cable, VPN,
ISDN, ADSL and Wireless connections. Epitiro 's ISP-I ("eyespy") system
compares ISP performance from a variety of sites across the UK, external to the
provider's network. ISP-I constantly monitors performance by continually
connecting to each ISP, every 15-30 minutes, and capturing performance metrics
such as time to connect, connection speed, upload, download speed, ping time,
DNS look-up time and e-mail. Epitiro is headquartered in Cardiff. Further
information is available at www.epitiro.com.
About the Internet Services
Providers' Association
The Internet Services Providers' Association
(ISPA) was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent providers of
Internet services in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self-regulation and the
development of the Internet industry. For a list of members or other
information about ISPA, please consult the website:
www.ispa.org.uk.
8th annual UK
Internet industry awards
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