Top 10 Broadband Awards 2009 nominees revealed
The nominees for the annually Top 10 Broadband Awards, being held for the second time now, have been unveiled with 3, Virgin Media and O2 leading the nominations with 4 a piece.
The Top 10 Broadband Awards are based on ratings of more than 1.5 million customers as well as speed tests carried out during the last year by Top 10 Broadband, the most popular independent site for comparison of broadband prices, thereby making it the most valued customer awards in the industry.
The awards ceremony will be conducted in the 24 Club, a cutting – edge venue located in Soho, Central London in September the 15th. Nominees will lock horns in 11 categories, including fastest service, innovation, best value and customer satisfaction.
The panel which made the nominations observed the detailed speed test as well as the customer rating data, nearly thousands of customer reviews left on the website and put all the packages of broadband providers to the most strict quantitative and qualitative test in order to come up with the nominations.
O2, 3 and Virgin Media are in the front in nominations and have been short – listed in 4 main categories. O2, TalkTalk, T-Mobile, BT and Vodafone have 3 nominations each.
Customers have continued to make their views count in the awards by rating their broadband providers as well as the speed that they get.
The director of Top 10 Broadband, Alex Buttle, said that the Digital Britain report preceded the rolling out of extremely fast home broadband as well as an increase in the number of customers seeking mobile broadband dongles as well as other related devices.
Therefore, he continued, it was pertinent that excellence was recognized and was duly awarded in this highly competitive industry. They, he mentioned, were happy to celebrate the success of companies who’s commitment to excellence and innovation in the industry was helping to make the digital future of the country better.
Virgin and Vodafone declared fastest broadband providers
During the second annual Top 10 Broadband Awards, both Virgin Media and Vodafone were among the broadband internet service providers given the highest citations.
Apart from ranking among the top ten, Virgin Media was also awarded as the Broadband Innovation Prize for its 50Mb product. Vodafone on the other hand was cited to have the Best Rated Mobile Broadband as it topped in popularity ratings of customers.
The Top 10 Broadband Awards were based on the 1.5 million customer ratings and over 400,000 speed tests on the award-giving body’s official website.
Cinching the Best Value Home Broadband citation was Plusnet, a considerably small ISP that offers value package with more-than-sufficient speed for much affordable cost. Other internet service providers who were awarded were 02 for its Best Rated Home Broadband, and the Best Value Mobile Broadband was awarded to 3 for its market-topping dongle which currently offers the low-cost £15 per month for usage of 15GB.
It was an awards night to remember for TalkTalk as well as they walked away with the Best Broadband and Phone. Talktalk’s essential package paved way for the said citation they got.
On the other hand, the Best Broadband and TV award was won by Sky, beating their strongest competition in the category, Virgin Media and BT.
With all these diverse direction of the awards, director of Top 10 Broadband Alex Buttle said the London ceremony was not dominated by a single broadband internet provider. Buttle continued to say that the past year bore witness to the major shifts in the broadband industry.
The Top 10 Broadband director saw this distribution of citations as a sign that most UK residents and subscribers, including businesses, are getting more reliable choices for broadband connections. Buttle closed his statement saying the awards ceremony solidifies the strong competition within the broadband market this year.
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Top 10 Broadband Awards to be hosted by Spencer Kelly
Spencer Kelly, who is the presenter of the Click show, one of the most highly rated technology shows in the country, has been given the privilege of being the host for the annual Top 10 Broadband Awards, which is being held for the second time now, said Top 10 Broadband.
The former Gadget Show presenter, who is also a TV tech guru, has obtained exclusive and prestigious interviews from a number of popular personalities, which include gaming guru Will Wright as well as Bill Gates. Therefore, Top 10 Broadband express their honour in announcing that Spencer Kelly has been appointed as the compere for this ceremony and will also participate in a light – hearted sideways look at the broadband industry and how it has developed over the past year or so.
With only 6 days until the event takes place at the beautiful 24 Club in Soho, the excitement is gaining unmanageable proportions .The people attending the awards ceremony include shaker and movers from all around the broadband industry from the biggest ISPs in the country to top tech journos from a number of newspapers and magazines such as Web user, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, PC advisor, Mac World.
In order to learn more about the awards being presented and to find out the nominees for these awards, have a look at the relevant press release. If you have not confirmed that you are attending the event, please send an e-mail to Jessica McArdle at press@top10.co.uk
