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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

ISP Finalists - Best Consumer Broadband

ISP Finalists Announced For The 9th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards - The 2007 ISPAs

The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) - the UK's leading Internet trade association - can today reveal the finalists in the ISP Division of The 2007 ISPAs - The 9th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards in association with Epitiro.

Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, will be the keynote speaker at The 2007 ISPAs. Ms Allen will address the Internet industry, Government and media representatives about the power of the Internet to help campaign for human rights, and Amnesty's IRREPRESSIBLE.INFO campaign, which is fighting to defend freedom of expression on the Internet.

For those categories related to broadband and other Internet related services, the finalists at The 2007 ISPAs are:

Best Dial-up

Biscit
ntl:telewest
Orange
Waitrose
Zen Internet

Best Consumer Email

Biscit
Madasafish
Namesco
Seriously Internet
Tiscali

Best Business Email

Biscit
Entanet
Exa Networks
Namesco
Zen Internet

Best Streaming

Astream
Groovy Gecko
Keen Computers
Mydeo
Streaming Wizard

Best Internet Telephony

Entacall
Keen Computers
Lumison
Seriously Vocal
Tesco

Best Wireless ISP

BOZII
Community Internet
The Cloud
West Somerset Internet

Best Portal

ntl:telewest
Madasafish
SidNet
Tiscali
Virgin.net

Best Consumer Broadband

Be Unlimited
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
Namesco
Seriously Internet

Best Business Broadband

Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
Kingston Communications
Namesco

Best Consumer ISP

Biscit
ntl:telewest
Orange
Tiscali
Virgin.net

Best Business ISP

Claranet
Datanet
Entanet
UKFast
Zen Internet

ISPA UK has been organising The ISPAs since 1999 to celebrate innovation and best practice in the Internet sector.

Board members from the Internet industry and Government representatives will gather to recognise the industry's achievements over the past year.

The ISPAs scheme is renowned for its independence and objectivity, reinforced for the fourth year by ISPA's research partner Epitiro. ISPA commissioned Epitiro to conduct tests and monitor the Internet services of entrants in the ISP Division over a three-month period. Following analysis of the data, the shortlists were selected for the coveted awards in the ISP Division.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Broadband Wars - High Court Rules for Biscit

Communications service provider (CSP) Biscit today announces on behalf of its Biscit CSP/V21 business unit that the High Court of Justice issued an injunction against NetServices plc on 12th December 2006 calling upon NetServices to consent to the immediate transfer of the authentication realms "V21.co.uk", "speeddsl.com", "flexisurf" and "ispnet" to Biscit or to any person nominated by Biscit.

Biscit has since received a letter signed by Mr. Steven Hartley, a director of NetServices plc, giving consent to the return of its authentication realms. BT has been advised accordingly and Biscit CSP/V21 customers will have full use of their V21 identities as a result.

Biscit has consented to provide a broadband pipe to Biscit CSP/V21's end users who have, since termination of an agreement between V21 and NetServices on 15th November 2006 by NetServices, contracted with EzeeDSL and are being supplied broadband services using Biscit's authentication realms until further order, or until such time as those customers are moved by EzeeDSL to another realm, or by 10th January 2007 whichever is the soonest.

Ofcom and ISPA are being advised of this High Court ruling and Biscit will now proceed with a significant claim for damages against NetServices plc (EPIC : NSV).

Labels: biscit-broadband

Monday, October 30, 2006

Biscit Introduces Phone and Broadband Subsidies for Students and Senior Citizens

Biscit today announces phone and broadband subsidies for students and senior citizens. The announcement is aimed at strengthening Biscit's call last week for government to support the voice and data needs of these important socio-economic groups in a similar way to education, travel and heating subsidies.

Phone and broadband bundles have become must-have services for consumers across the country. The first were introduced by Talk Talk and Biscit earlier this year and quickly became flagship offerings for both providers.

Biscit's voice and broadband bundles are branded freeMAX. freeMAX Home is ideal for senior citizens, allowing them to keep in touch with family and friends at minimum cost, and also to be part of the always-connected online interactive community. For just £18.00* per month, they'll receive 720 anytime call minutes to landlines each month, up to 8Mbps broadband and a generous 2GB data download allowance.

freeMAX Unlimited is perfect for students living off campus. For just £27.00* per month, they'll receive 2400 anytime call minutes to UK landlines each month, up to 8Mbps broadband, unlimited bandwidth, and unlimited call time to 2 nominated landlines in Australia and New Zealand, certain European countries, or in Canada and the USA.

Importantly for students and senior citizens joining the freeMAX wave is that they'll never receive another line rental bill from BT; with Biscit, they'll save £11.00 per month, or £132 per year, in line rental charges alone.

Students wishing to subscribe to freeMAX Home or Unlimited should fax a copy of their student card quoting reference "EDU 10" to Biscit's fax number 07092 111511. Senior citizens should fax a copy of their travel card to the same number quoting reference "SC 10." Terms and conditions apply.

Prices include a 10% discount for students and senior citizens only and are inclusive of VAT. Full details of Biscit's freeMAX services are available on its website www.biscit.net. Details are also available on the website of the recently acquired V21 business … www.v21.co.uk

Labels: biscit-broadband

Monday, October 09, 2006

Biscit Completes Acquisition of ISP V21

Communications service provider (CSP) Biscit today announces that it has completed the acquisition of V21.co.uk Limited. The acquisition enables Biscit to upsell its telecoms and combined phone and free superfast broadband services to V21's circa 33,000 customers, as well as other Internet products.

The board of V21 has stepped down and been replaced by Biscit's CEO, Hugh Paterson, its sales and product development director, Nathan Relevy, and its financial director and company secretary, Bill Homan-Russell. V21's auditors and legal advisers have also been replaced by Biscit's.

"Clearly, we're delighted with this acquisition and the opportunity to serve V21's resellers and end users," says Paterson. "The principal changes V21 customers will experience is greater choice in voice and superfast broadband services, and customer support from Biscit's in-house London teams instead of a call centre in India."

About Biscit

Biscit is a leading provider of advanced Internet and telecoms products and services. Delivering the online world to thousands of enterprise and residential customers, the award-winning company is committed to providing the highest level of network service to each customer every minute-of-the-year. Its flagship voice and superfast broadband bundles freeMAX Standard and freeMAX Unlimited compete directly with Carphone Warehouse's Talk Talk offering, and both are available now, nationwide. Visit www.biscit.net for further information.

Labels: biscit-broadband, v21-broadband

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UK broadband service news

ISP Finalists - Best Consumer Broadband

Broadband Wars - High Court Rules for Biscit

Biscit Introduces Phone and Broadband Subsidies for Students and Senior Citizens

Biscit Completes Acquisition of ISP V21