Pipex swallows Nildram

[Gareth]

(Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/09/pipex_nildram/)

Seems Pipex has been expanding even further, after buying AccentUK Limited (aka Nildram) for £13M.

I've heard lots of good things about Nildram so this could prove interesting.

[Bifta]

I'm glad I'm moving to one.tel at the end of this month.

[Paul]

Details on the Pipex Site ;

http://www.pipex.net/investors/pressreleases/rns/rns31.shtml

[Bifta]

It must be an omen, following the mention of this takeover, my internet connection has gone completely t*ts up. Apart from this site which is taking ages to load I'm getting error messages on all other sites:

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