ISPA News 30/05/08
ISPA To Host Sensational Summer Reception
AGM & Summer Reception
Internet Companies See The Light
ISPA welcomes its three newest members
ISPA In The News
IPv6 and the Communications Data Bill
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ISPA To Host Sensational Summer Reception
AGM & Summer Reception
Internet tycoons will soon be able to exchange a day in the hot July sun for a cool afternoon sizzle at the Internet Service Provider’s Association’s (ISPA) Summer Reception.
The event will be held on the 10th July at the National Liberal Club, just a short walk from Embankment and Westminster tube stations.
Sponsored by Swedish company NetClean, who have combined years of experience in data processing and technical research to develop a unique solution for identifying, blocking downloads and preventing the distribution of child abuse images, the event will begin at 6.30pm.
ISPA members are also invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 5pm, before the Summer Reception.
Following the AGM, ISPA members, government officials and industry leaders will be able to join MP Don Foster, Liberal Democrat spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport for a keynote address.
Some food for thought will be provided after Mr Foster’s speech with drinks and canapés available during the reception where Industry stakeholders and government representatives will be able to share stories and discuss opportunities for the industry as well as anticipate challenges in the year ahead.
Anyone interested in attending the AGM and Summer Reception can reserve a space and receive more information by contacting the ISPA Secretariat.
The National Liberal Club is located at 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE.
Internet Companies See The Light
ISPA welcomes its three newest members
Three new members are ready and able to take advantage of the services and great business opportunities the UK’s leading ISP trade association has to offer.
Goscomb Technologies Limited is a London based Network and Content provider. Their range of services are offered to customers worldwide, from website hosting to Broadband, Colocation and IP Transit provision. They have joined ISPA in the small member category.
See The Light pride themselves on their use of fibre communications networks. Customers can expect super fast broadband connections and high quality VoIP telephony from this revolutionary technology. They too have joined the small member category.
Ask4 Ltd is a leading telecommunications supplier to residential developments with multiple tenancy. Their services include broadband provision, storage, Voice over IP and Online TV. ISPA welcome Ask4 Ltd to the medium member category.
To discover the benefits that ISPA membership can offer, please visit the Membership Benefits page, or contact the ISPA Secretariat for more information.
ISPA In The News
IPv6 and the Communications Data Bill
This month the president and chief executive of ICANN, Paul Twomey, suggested that ISPs aren’t implementing IPv6 across their networks.
"This is not a Y2K problem, but enterprises using IPv4 need to think that the network will become IPv6," said Twomey. "How are you going to interoperate IPv4 and IPv6 networks? And guess what? They're not asking questions and businesses don't want ISPs not making plans. This is a classic case; ISPs won't change unless customers ask them for it."
ISPA said that this was not strictly true and some ISP members had already deployed IPv6 across their networks
The full article can be read at ZDNet
In Gordon Brown’s draft Queen’s Speech he outlined his proposals for the Communications Data Bill, which includes plans to implement the EU Directive on the retention of communications data into UK law (2006/24/EC) and to modify the procedures for acquiring communications data and to allow this data to be retained.
ISPA responded with the following statement:
"ISPA has been in touch with the Home Office and is waiting for further information about the proposed Communications Data Bill.
In particular we want to know more about the Government's intentions regarding "modifying the procedures for acquiring communications data."
As the Government plans to publish this Bill in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny later this year, ISPA is looking forward to participating fully in the consultation process."
For further news coverage please visit the Media Coverage section of the ISPA website.