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Bill C

11-10-2006 11:06

Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK

It is being reported that Carphone Warehouse is buying AOL in the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6039740.stm

Graham M

11-10-2006 11:29

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Oh God No!

Hugh	11-10-2006 11:31

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Oh goody!

The synergy of Carphone Warehouse's Broadband customer service, and that of AOL, should be a wonder to behold.

run, run, run away!

altis

11-10-2006 11:34

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NTL simply won't be in their league when it comes to a competition for the worst ISP!

Paul K

11-10-2006 11:34

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Dear lord, I've only ever had the mis-fortune to deal with AOL CS once and I still get flashbacks now :erm: What next.... they all amalgamate with Pipex????

Graham M

11-10-2006 11:35

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No, NTL:Telewest :eek:

Bill C

11-10-2006 11:43

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To be honest i just cannot see this being anything other than a match made in HELL

Graham M

11-10-2006 12:03

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*buys AOLCPWHell.com lol*

zing_deleted

11-10-2006 12:06

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Talktalk is over subscribed so they buy an isp.Aol isnt small so this will be a shrewd move on there part to expand there connectivity. AOL as a BB provider (as long as you use a router) is no less crap than any other crap BT based isp. I understand people do not like AOL internal browser because of wan ports and driver etc but for the mainstream No0b user its fine.

pedantic

11-10-2006 12:07

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 34134684)

Dear lord, I've only ever had the mis-fortune to deal with AOL CS once and I still get flashbacks now :erm: What next.... they all amalgamate with Pipex????

Please don't say that. Since Pipex bought Nildram, the service has gone downhill, Pipex have taken a once great ISP and totally ruined it. :disturbd:

quadplay

11-10-2006 12:30

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Interesting. I wonder how this will affect AOL broadband customers whose service is provided through ntl cable?

Bill C

11-10-2006 12:44

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Originally Posted by quadplay (Post 34134713)

Interesting. I wonder how this will affect AOL broadband customers whose service is provided through ntl cable?

Very good question :tu:

slowcoach

11-10-2006 14:13

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The announcement came as the mobile phone retailer revealed losses from offering "free" broadband to 625,000 of its Talk Talk customers will hit ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£70 million this year.

ntl homepage|money

handyman

11-10-2006 16:36

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Originally Posted by pedantic (Post 34134707)

Please don't say that. Since Pipex bought Nildram, the service has gone downhill, Pipex have taken a once great ISP and totally ruined it. :disturbd:

which is odd because I use 123-reg and they are now owned by Pipex and the service is still 1st class.

pedantic

11-10-2006 16:41

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Originally Posted by handyman (Post 34134841)

which is odd because I use 123-reg and they are now owned by Pipex and the service is still 1st class.

There is a big difference between a commercial product, and a residential one.

Are we talking about connectivity here ?

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