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  Pipex - Up to 8Mb broadband from £6.50, cheap home phone call packages
Pipex is committed to ensuring that any personal data supplied by its customers or is otherwise generated by its business activities is collected and processed fairly and lawfully.
Pipex also has access to personal data that is generated over the Network utilised by Pipex services including IP and email addresses for incoming and outgoing data and network usage data.
As Pipex is part of a global organisation with local operating companies in a number of countries worldwide, to fulfil its customer service obligations it is necessary for Pipex to transfer and process personal data outside the country in which the personal data is collected.
www.pipex.co.uk /legal/data-protection.php   (784 words)

  
 About Pipex Communications PLC
In addition, the Pipex Dial-up network was the first to offer nationwide connection speeds at 33,600bps and 56k V90.
Operating from locations across the UK, Pipex runs one of the UK's most extensive communication networks, with data centres in London, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Germany and is amongst the top 5 largest providers of broadband.
Pipex is a leading provider of telecommunications solutions to business and residential customers.
www.pipex.net /about   (489 words)

  
 bit-tech.net | Intel and Pipex roll out Wimax
Intel and Pipex have announced their plans to roll out Wimax coverage across London and Manchester in early 2007.
The new network will be called Pipex Wireless, and it will be funded by intel to the tune of $25m.
Pipex hopes that if the first two deployments are successful, it will roll out more in the top 50 population centres in Britain over the coming few years.
www.bit-tech.net /news/2006/04/05/intel_pipex_wimax   (238 words)

  
 Home Page
Pipex Wireless has become the first service provider to offer secure wireless broadband using WiMAX in the UK, with the successful delivery of WiMAX services into Milton Keynes.
Pipex has stormed into second place in Epirito’s top ADSL broadband performers chart, following research into the speed and reliability of the industry’s leading ISPs.
Operating from locations across the UK, Pipex runs one of the UK's most extensive communication networks, is one of the 5 largest ADSL broadband providers and has over a million customers.
www.pipexgroup.com /pg.asp?home   (280 words)

  
 Pipex - Solwise Forum
Pipex said Extreme Solo will be activated by BT on 19th March (order placed about 9th or so).
I assume the time Pipex quote is to allow BT time to do it, so it may well be on early.
Pipex have been getting a bit of a roasting on www.adslguide.org.uk, but the main thrust is their support is bad (emails not replied to, phones constantly engaged) but one of their senior people posts regularly on updates and the changes the business is making to alleviate these problems.
www.solwiseforum.co.uk /showthread.php?t=38   (862 words)

  
 Light Reading - Broadband - Pipex Beefs Up With Buys - Telecom News Analysis
Today, Pipex became C&W's first major customer for that service, signing a five-year deal worth up to £250 million ($469 million) to use DSL capacity in up to 800 exchanges around the U.K. That capacity will supplement the up to 100 exchanges in which Pipex is already installing its own DSLAM equipment.
Pipex is also buying IDT Corp. (NYSE: IDT - message board)'s U.K. business, called Toucan, for £20 million ($37.5 million) in cash and £4 million ($7.5 million) in stock.
Pipex has been busy buying companies in the past year, having acquired voice reseller Homecall in March and ISP Freedom to Surf in October 2005.
www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=103118   (925 words)

  
 Pipex gears up for 24 meg broadband | The Register
Pipex is gearing up to offer punters 24 meg broadband as part of the ISP's investment in local loop unbundling (LLU).
Pipex is expected to launch its 24 meg service early in 2006.
Details of Pipex's LLU plans coincided with the publication of the ISP's interim results for the six months to the end of June.
www.theregister.co.uk /2005/09/08/pipex_llu   (444 words)

  
 Pipex broadband knocked out - ZDNet UK
PIPEX are currently investigating as a number one priority all possible causes for the outage.
Pipex added that broadband users should now be able to get a connection, although some may have to try disconnecting and reconnecting.
Many Pipex customers have been complaining about the fault on the forums of Pipexwoe.co.uk -- which was recently renamed Pipexwow after many customers insisted they were happy with the service the company provides.
news.zdnet.co.uk /internet/0,1000000097,2122303,00.htm   (480 words)

  
 Pipex Update...
PIPEX Dial has been developed as a low cost, turnkey solution for the individual user as a direct response to meet the growing demand for commercial quality Internet access services by mobile executives and remote users within large corporates.
PIPEX likes to think of itself as something of a pioneer and is continually working to update and improve the technology of its services.
PIPEX has a calender of PIPEX seminars planned for the coming months and the company is regularly invited to participate in user group meets and conferences.
www.infohighway.co.uk /infohighway/2-2/22pipex3.html   (1222 words)

  
 Pipex :: UK Broadband Usergroup :: Serving the broadband community
Pipex is planning is to offer 8Mbps broadband for just £6.50 when customers take its £12.50 per month package for unlimited voice calls.
Pipex is to start moving some of it's nearly 400,000 broadband customers onto Local Loop Unbundles (LLU) exchanges to take advantage of it's investment announced last year.
It seems that Be have started something of a roller coaster as of late with Pipex being the latest ISP announcing their intention to start 24Mbps broadband from early next year.
www.uk-bug.net /Topic4.html   (1457 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | My Pipex broadband woes
One user, Tad Piesakowski, tells of his woes, while Pipex's Mark Cook explains what he is doing to solve the problems.
When I eventually managed to speak to a real person at Pipex, I was given lengthy explanations that the problems of network outages were the unfortunate result of a software upgrade carried out on some of the hardware.
This discrepancy is further compounded by the fact that my neighbour, who has exactly the same service with Pipex, and uses it every day, has been blissfully unaware of any problems.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/2307157.stm   (601 words)

  
 Broadband-help.com: Reviews for Pipex
PIPEX are long standing players in the ISP industry.
I signed up for Pipex HomeCall with BB around September 20th @29.99pcm for line rental, unlimited calls to UK landlines and 7Mb, unlimited download BB, and 1 months free service (the BB is nominally £6.50pcm but you have to look at the whole package as you can't buy the BB alone).
My impression is that Pipex customer services remain poor, as suggested by other Reviews on here, but that they are trying to do something about it.
www.broadband-help.com /providers/reviews/61   (1090 words)

  
 Pipex’s yen for WiMax has Japanese model
PIPEX WIRELESS opened the kimono a little on its plans for a UK WiMax roll-out in a chat with The Inquirer this morning, hinting that a Tokyo deployment sets an interesting precedent.
Pipex will build out infrastructure and Intel’s plan to make WiMax available incrementally next year through PC Cards, internal adapters and on next-generation Centrino mobile PCs will make WiMax a client network technology that is nigh ubiquitous.
Pipex said it wouldn’t necessarily replicate the model but admired it, and said that some elements could work in its UK service.
www.theinquirer.net /?article=31353   (280 words)

  
 Pipex
Pipex is the Official Main Sponsor and Broadband Partner for Fulham Football Club.
Today, their state of the art services covering broadband, dial-up, hosting, domains and wireless keep Pipex firmly at the forefront of the communications industry.
What appealed to Pipex was that Fulham is first and foremost a family football club, which is in line with our core values of creating secure, high quality internet and communications services for our customers.” (Mike Read, CEO of Pipex)
www.fulhamfc.com /Partners/Sponsors/Pipex.aspx   (195 words)

  
 Intel Capital, PIPEX Create Broadband Wireless Company In The UK
The PIPEX Wireless board and Intel Capital are evaluating qualified candidates for the position of company CEO.
PIPEX Wireless anticipates the roll-out of its network to begin in London and Manchester in 2007, and target the top eight population centers by 2008.
PIPEX Wireless expects to eventually roll out wireless broadband services to the top 50 UK population centers.
www.intel.com /pressroom/archive/releases/20060403corp.htm   (817 words)

  
 Pipex absorbs Toucan and Bulldog - vnunet.com
Pipex now has a customer base of 1.14 million, of which over 570,000 are broadband subscribers.
Pipex paid CandW £12m in cash for its 110,000 long-suffering consumer and small-business customers, and has signed up to use CandW's unbundled LLU access network which covers 800 exchanges.
Pipex bought Homecall in March 2006 for an undisclosed sum, taking on the firm's £43m in debt and half a million customers thereby doubling Pipex's size.
www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2163845/pipex-absorbs-toucan-bulldog   (564 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Pipex Wireless' First WiMAX Deployment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
BOCA RATON, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 05, 2006 -- Airspan Networks Inc (NASDAQ: AIRN) and Pipex Wireless, a joint venture between Pipex Communications plc (AIM: PXC) and Intel Corporation focused on developing and providing wireless services, today announced that Pipex is to deploy a trial WiMAX network in Milton Keynes.
Pipex Wireless was created in April 2006 by Pipex and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's venture arm, to develop unique fixed and portable broadband wireless services for consumers and business customers in the UK.
Pipex's focus is simple: enabling businesses and consumers to achieve their aspirations through proven communications services and emerging technologies.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=0159955   (1284 words)

  
 Reviews on Pipex Look at tests, reports and read reviews: dooyoo.co.uk
Its a bit like this, if you want fast access for surfing and email etc and very little else, you may find pipex ticks along fine, but when you need to contact the customer service for help with a technical query you may be better off looking in a text book.
Pipex was recommended to me by a friend who had been with them for years.
When I first heard that Pipex were offering a much cheaper price for ADSL than big companies such as BTopenworld or Freeserve, I was extremely shocked as I had known them since 1996 when I was looking for my first ISP.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /telecommunications-services/pipex/reviews   (1765 words)

  
 PIPEX Communications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2006 PIPEX contracted David Hasselhoff as their spokesman and he appeared on several prime-time UK terrestrial TV advertisements to market their £29.99 bundle with the slogan "£6.50 Broadband".
It was announced in October 2003 that it had been purchased by GX Networks plc, for £55 million.
The company now known as PIPEX can be traced back to RadioTel Systems Limited through a number of acquisitions and renamings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PIPEX   (614 words)

  
 Pipex Wireless’s First Wireless Deployment  |  September 18, ...
Pipex Wireless, a joint venture between Pipex Communications plc and Intel Corp. focused on developing and providing wireless services, has announced that it is to deploy a trial WiMAX network in Milton Keynes.
Pipex Wireless will initially deploy five Airspan HiperMAX-Micro base stations and provide services using indoor and outdoor subscriber terminals, both with integrated WiFi available.
“WiMAX is an exciting opportunity for Pipex and we’re delighted that we are now able to trial the technology in a customer environment,” said Mike Read, CEO of Pipex.
www.mwjournal.com /News/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_3379   (493 words)

  
 Pipex Wireless WiMAX trial performance exceeds expectations
Pipex Wireless, a joint venture between Pipex (AIM:PXC.L) and Intel Corporation focused on developing and providing wireless services, announced that it has successfully completed the latest phase of its WiMAX trial in Stratford-upon-Avon.
This will mean that businesses and home users will benefit from being able to send content such as email attachments and large files at the same speed as typical broadband downloads.
“WiMAX is an exciting opportunity for Pipex and we’re delighted that the tests have been completed and successfully shown the technology’s potential,” said Mike Read, CEO of Pipex.
www.pipexgroup.com /pg.asp?p=1219   (925 words)

  
 Pipex Products
Before we even get on to the subject of technology we listen to our customers and get a feel for their business - what it does, how it operates and what it wants to achieve today and in the future.
For residential customers Pipex offers an exciting range of broadband solutions, combining industry leading levels of reliability, performance and choice with great value for money.
Pipex can also now help residential broadband customers to save on their home phone bills with the launch of Pipex Talk
www.pipex.net /products   (216 words)

  
 PIPEX Dial Support - Connecting to PIPEX Dial (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
At PIPEX we believe that a high quality, professional support service is essential for you to get the most from your PIPEX Dial Internet service.
Network Status View the current status of the PIPEX Network including any reported faults and planned outages.
Contacting us for support The answers to the vast majority of your technical support questions should be found within the support pages, but if they are not you can find further details on how to contact the PIPEX Dial support department here.
www.dial.pipex.net.cob-web.org:8888 /support   (350 words)

  
 Pipex Communications Acquisition
The consideration will be met from #2 million of PIPEX's existing funds and additional facilities of #8 million from the Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB.
F2S is a significant UK ADSL provider, with over 40,000 broadband customers at the end of September 2005, which, together with PIPEX's existing customer base, consolidates the Company's position as the 5th largest broadband DSL provider in the UK.
It also provides the opportunity to unbundle a further 40 exchanges that meet PIPEX's 2 year payback criterion and will allow PIPEX to offer higher speeds to a greater number of its customers.
www.advfn.com /news_acquisition_12853780.html   (544 words)

  
 Olive PipeX - Products & Services - Olive Software
Olive PipeX (Parallel Image Processor) is a scalable version of the XML Distiller.
Olive’s PipeX™ technology is a combination of specially-developed, scalable OCR and image processing software engines, empowered with a ground-breaking 96 CPUs parallel computing architecture.
PipeX gives large corporations, enterprises, and other large content-critical organizations the most cost-effective way to step up to XML today, so they can start benefiting from intelligent content infrastructure without changing their existing work flow and systems.
www.olivesoftware.com /products/pipex.asp   (221 words)

  
 Cheap Broadband Provider, Cheap Telephone Calls and more - Pipex Homecall
Pipex Homecall is a landline telephony and broadband service provider, with over one million residential and business customers nationwide.
Pipex Homecall can save you money because we buy time in bulk and pass the savings to you.
Pipex Homecall has a dedicated, well trained and knowledgeable UK-based customer care team to deal with all queries or issues.
www.homecall.co.uk /faq/homecall/homecall_faq.aspx   (203 words)

  
 Pipex snaps up Bulldog's customers - ZDNet UK
Cable and Wireless is the former owner of Bulldog, having acquired it in 2004 for £18.6m.
Pipex chief executive Mark Read admitted to ZDNet UK that his company would have had to pay a lot more for Bulldog's customer base if taking on the troubled ISP was a more attractive task.
Pipex has also acquired IDT Telecom's Toucan ISP, which gives it 185,000 customers, for £24m.
news.zdnet.co.uk /communications/0,1000000085,39282875,00.htm   (533 words)

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