More trouble for Tiscali

Noreen · Mar 09, 2009, 11:27:45

QuoteTrading in Tiscali, the Italian telecoms company, was suspended on Monday after it fell more than 40 per cent in Milan on news that it was seeking a restructuring of its debt burden.

Tiscali said in a statement on Friday that it was "de facto impossible" to continue with negotiations about the disposal of its UK broadband business to British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite television operator..................

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38bfea0e-0bf1-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

Rik · Mar 09, 2009, 11:32:08

They could have real problems, and so could their customers.

Simon · Mar 09, 2009, 11:43:53

You mean, more that their customers have already?

Rik · Mar 09, 2009, 11:45:50

Yes, absolutely no service rather than a mediocre one.

uxbod · Mar 09, 2009, 13:12:20

and here http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/tiscali_suspended/

Rik · Mar 09, 2009, 13:13:26

Until the headlines contains the word IDNet, we can all sigh and smile.

Sebby · Mar 09, 2009, 13:27:16

I think if Sky was to buy Tiscali, things could only improve. Even if they didn't move people onto their LLU platform, the IPStream service has to be better than Tiscali's.

Rik · Mar 09, 2009, 14:36:17

Unusually, when mentioning Sky, I agree with you.

Noreen · Mar 11, 2009, 17:53:37

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article5886132.ece

Rik · Mar 11, 2009, 17:58:15

I'd be asking for a MAC if I was a customer, which I never would be, of course.

quandam · Mar 11, 2009, 18:09:26

Quote from: Rik on Mar 11, 2009, 17:58:15
I'd be asking for a MAC if I was a customer, which I never would be, of course.

Of Course! Rik.

Rik · Mar 11, 2009, 18:15:21

Orange was as low as I stooped.

Simon · Mar 11, 2009, 21:51:46

I was nearly a customer, but not of my own choosing, which is why I escaped from Pipex.

zappaDPJ · Mar 11, 2009, 23:26:49

QuoteTiscali has been struggling to compete with giants like Sky and Virigin Media and has been losing subscribers.

How very strange, I can't imagine why that would be!

I guess it still hasn't occurred to them that in order to stay in business you need to retain your customers and in order to do that you need to give them something in return for their cash.

Rik · Mar 11, 2009, 23:28:15

Too simple, Zap. Their business model was pile the suckers high and sell them short.

Glenn · Mar 12, 2009, 06:04:09

I've only had 2 BB ISP's since 2002 F2S & IDNet

Rik · Mar 12, 2009, 07:33:44

Orange, Nildram and IDNet for me.

Ray · Mar 12, 2009, 12:16:23

Eclipse, until they were taken over by Kingston, and Idnet for me.

Rik · Mar 12, 2009, 12:18:35

Now, if only I could remember all the dial-up ISPs.

Sebby · Mar 12, 2009, 13:11:27

As far as dial-up goes, I think I started with AOL, moved to Globalnet, then to BT Internet, then to Freeserve.

Rik · Mar 12, 2009, 13:14:11

My first dial-up was Pipex, I found them arrogant and moved on. In all, I had 17 dial-up ISPs.

Sebby · Mar 12, 2009, 13:20:41

17?!

Gary · Mar 12, 2009, 13:23:32

My first was freeserve, i thought that was the bees knees till I got Adsl and I could actually download MS patches without it cutting out every two hours, and only having downloaded one by then as well

Simon · Mar 12, 2009, 13:24:36

Eurobell, PlusNET, AlphaPhe, then Pipex Broadband, then here.

Ray · Mar 12, 2009, 14:42:27

my first dialup was Pipex and then I moved on to Demon plus various other ones, that I can't remember, for short periods.