Well Bulls**t were bad enough, if Pipex are worse, that should be enough warning. In over 20yrs on the net, Bulldog make NTL look like the best isp ever, and to be fair, NTL are better than most, at least there phone system works, and how often are you actually without BB?
My phone and BB was often off for a week at a time, try that 3 times in 3 months.

Thats when the the phone wasnt crackling, or buzzing or sounding like the Daleks were making housecalls. The only thing they did do was deliver 8 meg out of 8 meg.
When it worked.