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'Broadband Hero' gets his fat pipe
News West Haddon and Winwick fall within the 10 per cent of the country which BT has said will never be ADSL-enabled but 'Broadband Hero' Sherman and a number of like-minded souls refused to take 'no' for an answer and set about finding a way to bring... [03 Oct 2003]
Internet Hero and Villain honoured with gongs
News Steve Linford, the inspirational anti-spam campaigner and silicon.com Agenda Setter, has won the Internet Hero Award at an ISPA ceremony in London on Thursday night. Others up for nomination in the Hero category included Stephen Timms MP, Richard... [20 Feb 2004]
Broadband 'go slow': Government gets off lightly in blame game
News Trevor Sherman, a 'local hero' profiled by silicon.com last year as he attempted to bring broadband to West Haddon in the Midlands, and who falls firmly in the 10 per cent who aren't even on BT's radar, also believes the telco is not to blame. [12 Aug 2003]
Broadband Britain: Don't just sit there waiting for it
Comment Like many things in life, you have to fight for it," says Trevor Sherman, a self-appointed Local Hero who has signed up with Broadband4Britain's campaign which goes by the same name. Fed up of not having broadband out in the sticks? [29 Oct 2002]
Who are the champions of Broadband Britain?
News There was also an award for a Local Hero, Pete Berry, for his work with the Broadband4Grimsby campaign group, which co-ordinates local demand for high-speed internet access with a view to hitting trigger levels for broadband enablement on local... [15 Sep 2003]
Broadband love and Arthur C. Clarke
Comment But fear not: our intrepid hero switched to NTL. In extremely related news, new NTLworld customers will have to pay £10 per month for their narrowband internet access from January - a service that was previously free (Robert was on a flat rate... [07 Dec 2001]
UK voted internet villain 2006
News The All Party Internet Group was given the title of internet hero for trying to update the Computer Misuse Act. Iain Johnstone, the company's sales manger, picked up gongs for best uncontended service, best heavy business broadband and best... [24 Feb 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.04
Round-Up But for every Darth Vader there must be a Luke Skywalker and the Hero Award - perhaps the most predictable of the evening - deservedly went to anti-spam campaigner Steve Linford - which is handy, because silicon.com last October identified him as... [20 Feb 2004]
Is Anne Robinson the internet's biggest villain?
News There are five nominees in the 'hero' and 'villain' categories. Hero Award Oftel, "for (among a host of other things) failing to ensure expedient local loop unbundling by BT which has hindered both competition in the telco sector and the... [23 Dec 2002]
Why the ISPA Awards matter
Comment As the internet villain/hero categories at tonight's Oscars testify, the industry is all about influencing the regulation of ecommerce, driving the roll-out of broadband services, and ensuring internet users have a right to privacy and decent... [07 Feb 2001]
DTI and SpamHaus contest Internet Hero of the year award
News This year's nominees for the ISPA Internet Hero award illustrate the importance that spam, laws and a bit of enthusiasm play in the Internet industry. Timms is likely to be relieved by the nomination, even if he does not win: in October, silicon... [23 Dec 2003]
What do Carol Vorderman and David Blunkett have in common?
News The nominations for the rather more coveted award of Internet Hero have also been released. ISPA is unhappy about its recent wholesale broadband price rises. BT, the European Union, Lycos, Carol Vorderman and the International Federation of the... [23 Dec 2004]
BT wireless trials offer rural broadband hope
News BT is testing a wireless broadband service that if launched commercially could help to bring high-speed internet access to 100 per cent of the UK population. If these trials are a success, the service could then be used to bring broadband to remote... [17 Dec 2003]
BT cast as internet villain at ISP awards
News Over 500 people gathered for what is widely being referred to as the 'Internet Oscars', which this year introduced two new categories: Internet Villain and Internet Hero. Web pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee was named Internet Hero. [08 Feb 2001]
