Samknows issues first ISP report

[Noreen]

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkEZZVVFFFmiwWpUow.html

[Rik]

Interesting. 

[Noreen]

I believe that when this subject first came up on Samknows, several people here said that they were going to apply to get IDNet put on the list for later tests but I don't know whether they did.

[Rik]

I was put off by the bandwidth requirement, istr it was about 2GB/month.

[Sebby]

Very interesting. I did apply, although IDNet wasn't listed. Sam did say that IDNet may be included in the future, though.

[Lance]

It would be interesting to see the results with a larger sample group, but considering the small sample already taken, the analysis looks pretty accurate!

[Sebby]

I agree. It's a breath of fresh air to see some results with proper consideration behind them.

[Tacitus]

I agree. It's a breath of fresh air to see some results with proper consideration behind them.

I agree.  What I found most interesting, is the praise heaped on Zen.  Although there are no reasons to suspect iDNet performs any worse, and may indeed be better in some circumstances, the fact that Zen's pricing is pretty much identical might prove a little disconcerting to Simon and Tim. 

In the end I think broadband provision will tend to equalise on price and and differences will boil down to quality of service.  It's here where the LLU providers may have the edge as they have more control over the product than those using BT wholesale.  This leaves exceptional service and good customer relationships as the main differentiator for the latter group, although there may exist some scope for strategic tie-ups with other services.  EG.  Tie-ins with a wireless provider for bundled deals.

[Simon_idnet]

If any of our customers were to be chosen for testing/monitoring of this sort we would ensure that they were not financially inconvenienced by this (we would pay for the bandwidth used).
Simon

[Rik]

That's good of you, Simon. 

[Tacitus]

That's good of you, Simon. 

Agreed - it's a good offer. 

[Sebby]

If any of our customers were to be chosen for testing/monitoring of this sort we would ensure that they were not financially inconvenienced by this (we would pay for the bandwidth used).
Simon

Wow - that's really good of you.

[Lance]

That's really good, thanks Simon.

[Simon]

Thanks, Simon. 

[Rik]

Talking to yourself again??

[Sebby]

[Simon]