Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BT was crowned as the UK
internet industry villain at the Internet Service Providers
Association’s (ISPA) ‘Internet Oscars’ last night.
The hot favourite was originally ineligible for the award because
BT was a sponsor. The company sportingly withdrew its sponsorship
of the award and was therefore allowed to be nominated.
The accolade was collected by David Hughes, the president of BT
Ignite’s internet division. Hughes said that he was delighted to
receive the award on BT’s behalf and expressed mock surprise at the
company having won considering “we [BT] connect a new small
business online every five minutes and give consumers unlimited
access”.
Andrew Pinder, the recently appointed Government e-Envoy
attended the London award ceremony, saying that he hoped this time
next year to win the internet hero award, won this year by Tim
Berners-Lee.
The winners of the various categories were:
- Consumer Awards
Best Consumer ISP - ICScotland
(sponsored by Europay
International)
Best Consumer Customer Service - F9
(sponsored by IP Support)
Best Consumer Product or Service - Doo Yoo
(sponsored by Energis Squared)
- Industry Awards
Best Hardware Supplier - Cisco Systems
(sponsored by PSI Net)
Best Software Supplier - The Apache Software
(sponsored by neosnetworks)
Internet Hero - Tim Berners-Lee
(sponsored by Ciscom)
Internet Villain - Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive BT
(sponsored by idesk)
Positive Contribution to the Internet Industry - The Campaign for
Unmetered Telecoms (CUT)
(sponsored by UUNET)
- Business Awards
Best Business ISP - UUNET
(sponsored by Trend Micro)
Best Business Customer Service - Netscalibur UK Ltd
(sponsored by CityReach)
Best European ISP - Easynet
(sponsored by NSIRatings)
Best ASP - TS.com - Ticketing Solutions
(sponsored by XO Communications)
Best E-Commerce Service offered by an ISP - Business Serve plc
"E-Business Builder"
(sponsored by BT Ignite Internet
Services)
Best M-Commerce Service offered by an ISP - BT Genie
(sponsored by IBM)
Most Innovative New ISP Product or Service - IWEB technologies
"i-notes"
(sponsored by Cable & Wireless)
