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[UncleUB]

Taken from Thinkbroadband.com

ISPA awards 2009 finalists announced
Tuesday 19 May 2009 16:21:50 by John Hunt

The 2009 ISPA award finalists have been announced today, with the winners set to be crowned on the 9th July. This is the 11th year that the ISPAs have been running and they reward excellence within the UK Internet services market with awards in categories. The awards are based off intensive testing from Epitiro with an independent judging process.
Best Consumer Fixed Broadband ISP
Eclipse Internet
NewNet plc
O2
PlusNet
Virgin Media
   Best Business Fixed Broadband ISP
Claranet Ltd
Kingston Communications
NewNet plc
Pipex Business
Urban Wimax
   Best Consumer Mobile Broadband ISP
Orange UK
Virgin Media
Vodafone
   Best Business Mobile Broadband ISP
FREEDOM4 WiFi
Orange UK
Vodafone
Best Consumer Customer Service
Be Unlimited
NewNet plc
O2
PlusNet
Virgin Media
   Best Business Customer Service
Claranet Ltd
Eclipse Internet
Fused Group
Timico Ltd
UKFast.Net
   Best Dial-Up ISP
Exa Networks
Firenet Internet
Supanet Ltd
   Best Shared Hosting ISP
C4L
Exa Networks
Namesco Ltd
Netcetera
NewNet plc
Zen Internet
Best Dedicated Hosting ISP
Global Gold Network Ltd
Gravity Internet
Melbourne
Namesco Ltd
UK2.net
   Best Streaming Host
Astream
Mydeo Ltd
TwoFour Digital
Streaming Wizard
Prostream
   Best Internet Telephony
aql
BT
C4L
Entanet International Ltd
iNet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
Telappliant Ltd
   Corporate Social Responsibility Award Nominet
Orange UK
Sky Broadband
South West Internet CiC
UKFast.Net

[roseway]

The awards are based off intensive testing from Epitiro with an independent judging process.

So this is based mainly on the assessment of a single commercial company. Not surprisingly there are some names there which many people would disagree with.

As a society we seem to be obsessed with annual awards for everything. I really don't see the purpose, apart from giving the winners a bit of a marketing opportunity.

[stevie]

There are some on there who I really cannot believe even offer a Proper Service....Either in real terms or customer terms...

[waltergmw]

Welcome to the SATS of the Broadband word ! IMHO they are just about as useful !

Kind regards,
Walter

[Ammit]

I deal a heck of a lot with Eclipse on a daily basis for all our customers and find them to be excellent for customer service, conpared to so many other ISPs who are totally clueless these guys actually know what they are talking about so you will never find me saying anything bad about them.

[Mod note - this verges on advertising, so in the interests of balance I should refer readers to the ISP ratings page.