Author: Matt Shanahan

“We’re too small to justify the monthly outlay” “That’s quite the jump from the £50.00 per month we’re paying now” “How much?!” All of the above are common explanations we hear from prospects when they decide against an Ethernet Fibre dedicated internet connection. Of course we recognise these are valid reasons and everyone’s budgets are…
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You’ve been renting a lovely little flat in picturesque Bucklebury for a couple of years. You’ve got two bedrooms, an en-suite and Princess Kate is your neighbour, quite frankly, you’ve got it made! However there is one thing missing – you want Sky TV! Do you risk eviction and get a dish installed on the…
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Do you want to become part of our vibrant, family business? With a whole list of benefits? We are a fast growing company who need pro-active, dynamic people to join our Sales Team. We currently have opportunities available in our Channel Sales and End User Sales teams. Role Your day to day actives will require…
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Christmas is coming and so is our 2015 Christmas Hamper Prize Draw This Christmas we are given all of our customers and readers the chance to win a luxury Christmas Hamper that includes Traditional Christmas Cake, Mulled Wine, Traditional Christmas Pudding and much more…! There are two ways to enter: Customers – When you placed…
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The London Grid for Learning (LGfL) and schools broadband have recently hit the headlines because they were blocking emails from broadband companies who were not their preferred suppliers. Upon reading about this, we felt we needed to get our message out to the wider public, by any means necessary. Today’s blog details exactly what Schools…
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Running a Business with consumer Broadband A couple of weeks ago, we blogged about how the development of internet connectivity and unified communications has allowed for flexible working. Today we follow that up with the minimum connectivity solutions all working locations MUST have. I want to make this clear from the outset, I’m not asking…
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Today we are back over to the support team to meet the young pup of the group – Tom Richardson: BP: Hi Tom, how does your role differ from Sam’s and Arron’s who we have previously met? TR: There is a lot of crossover between our roles, however one thing that I would say is…
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Does anyone remember the time when it was common to read a map? Nope? Any ideas why? That would be because of a wonderful little thing most people now have in their cars called a ‘Sat Nav’. Twenty years ago, I would feel pretty confident in saying that a higher proportion of 16-24 years olds…
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Friday has arrived which can mean only one thing, it’s time to meet another member of the Stream Networks team. Today, we return to the sales team and meet its youngest member – Joe. BP: As we’ve already met Byron from the sales team, I’m going to kick this blog off in different fashion by…
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Over the past few years there has been an upward trend in the popularity of flexible working. Whether that is an employee working from home, working compressed hours or even job sharing, the figures suggest that employers offering flexible working has quadrupled in size over the last decade. One of the biggest benefits of this…
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We are pleased to announce new functionality within the Stream Networks portal allowing customers to check the synch rate of an LLU DSL line and change the line to a new profile. A list of the available profiles and descriptions are available for download here

Following on from our trip to the technical team to meet Sam, we are back there to meet his colleague Arron: B: Hi Arron, without copying Sam, can you let us know what you do when you arrive at Stream? A: I’m usually first in the door so I’ll ensure that all of our internal…
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In the past few days the Minister for the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, has been trying to raise awareness of Cyber Security for businesses. In the past year, 74% of small businesses and 90% of major businesses had a cyber security breach. It’s all well and good trying to scare people with alarming stats and…
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Another Friday has rolled around and it’s time for the third in the series of ‘A day in the life of..’ Today we look at the Accounts Team and Allison McKie. BP: Hi Allison, what is the first thing you’ll do of a morning? AM: The first thing I’ll do is log into our online…
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Over the past few days the telecoms industry has been hit with some negative press. Complaints of price rises and lack of support have been widespread. Which? have conducted a survey of customers of 100 household name companies on staff knowledge, ability to deal with problems and how valued they feel. Three of the bottom…
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