Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
11-10-2006, 11:29
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
Oh God No!
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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!
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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!
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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  What next.... they all amalgamate with Pipex????
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11-10-2006, 11:35
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
No, NTL:Telewest
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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
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11-10-2006, 12:03
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*buys AOLCPWHell.com lol*
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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.
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11-10-2006, 12:07
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
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Originally Posted by Paul
Dear lord, I've only ever had the mis-fortune to deal with AOL CS once and I still get flashbacks now  What next.... they all amalgamate with Pipex????
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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.
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11-10-2006, 12:30
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
Interesting. I wonder how this will affect AOL broadband customers whose service is provided through ntl cable?
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11-10-2006, 12:44
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Interesting. I wonder how this will affect AOL broadband customers whose service is provided through ntl cable?
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Very good question
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11-10-2006, 14:13
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
The announcement came as the mobile phone retailer revealed losses from offering "free" broadband to 625,000 of its Talk Talk customers will hit £70 million this year.
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11-10-2006, 16:36
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Re: Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL in the UK
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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. 
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which is odd because I use 123-reg and they are now owned by Pipex and the service is still 1st class.
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11-10-2006, 16:41
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which is odd because I use 123-reg and they are now owned by Pipex and the service is still 1st class.
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There is a big difference between a commercial product, and a residential one.
Are we talking about connectivity here ?
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