Category: Stream Networks

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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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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Following on from last week’s talk with Sam of the technical team, today we are in the sales department to introduce Byron Riley to the world. BP: Hi Byron, I’m going to start this conversation by asking the same question that I asked Sam, what is the first thing you do upon arrival at Stream…
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What are Virtual Machines? Virtual machine is the technical term for any computer or computer process which can be emulated on another computer’s hardware, a virtualised computer.  When combined with a high speed network connection, this virtual computer can be quickly accessed by other computers on the same network. This ability to access this computing…
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Todays blog is going to be the first in a series giving you an insight into life at Stream Networks, we’ll look at the different departments and individuals that make up Team Stream and find out what exactly it is that they do. We kick-off with Sam, a member of the Technical Team here at…
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Thinking about moving office? Out with the old and in with the new! It’s simple right? The Jackson Five might even say as easy as 1-2-3! I’m afraid not. In fact, there’s plenty to think about. Whether you’re expanding, downsizing or cutting costs, your communications will need thinking about. Here, Stream Networks detail 6 key…
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