PFA Research
PFA Research, market research and consultancy solutions, was one of the first businesses in Bodmin to sign up with actnow. Gil Patrick, their Chairman, says:
“Of course, broadband gives you much better speed than before but what is most exciting is it also makes possible things which were simply not possible at all before.”
“For example, our intranet is a crucial tool in the way we run our business. It has always been hosted on our Local Area Network which meant that you could get quick access if you were in the office but not if you were working away. I spend a lot of time in London and was frustrated that I could not access our intranet from there. But now PFA Research has broadband, we can host our intranet on the web and it means I can access it quickly from my home office in London. An essential application of our business is now available to us wherever we are. This is a terrific boon for us.”
Gil is delighted both with the substantial speed improvement and the cost savings the company has made as a result of the changing to Broadband.
“It is a better service at less cost. The benefits pervade the whole business. It is an aggregation of all the little chunks of time that used to be wasted waiting for dial up access and waiting for documents to download.”
“There have been terrific productivity improvements. We do a lot of market research on the Internet so it speeds that up and of course we can now send documents to and from clients so much faster.”
“There is not a business in Cornwall which can afford to miss out on the benefits actnow brings. This is a fabulous opportunity for businesses to benefit directly from a multi million pound Objective One project.” says Gil.
