GX Networks buying Pipex ?

Hey all,

A story has broken today that I've not heard before. Maybe I've got
my head in the sand, or maybe indeed this is the first thats been
heard, but basically GX Networks are rumoured to be posied to purchase
Pipex for about £60million.

(link to news item on uk-bug : http://snurl.com/2jpc - although it
really says no more than what is written above at the moment - will
update it soon when I get some more information)

Anyone heard anything about this ?
--
Andy Jenkins
UK Broadband Usergroup : http://www.uk-bug.net

"Andy Jenkins" <andy_nfTORIES@btopenworld..com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey all,
>
> A story has broken today that I've not heard before. Maybe I've got
> my head in the sand, or maybe indeed this is the first thats been
> heard, but basically GX Networks are rumoured to be posied to purchase
> Pipex for about £60million.
>
> (link to news item on uk-bug : http://snurl.com/2jpc - although it
> really says no more than what is written above at the moment - will
> update it soon when I get some more information)
>
> Anyone heard anything about this ?

http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html

D

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:44:02 +0100, "David Hearn"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Andy Jenkins" <andy_nfTORIES@btopenworld..com> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>
>> Anyone heard anything about this ?
>
>http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html

Yeah - I've read it all over the place now .. taking into account that
I did post this at around 5:30 in the morning - I suppose its
realistic to expect not many other sites to be upto date at that time
)

--
Regards
Andy Jenkins

http://www.uk-bug.net : The UK Broadband Usergroup.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:12:46 +0100, Andy Jenkins
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>
>>http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html
>
>Yeah - I've read it all over the place now .. taking into account that
>I did post this at around 5:30 in the morning - I suppose its
>realistic to expect not many other sites to be upto date at that time
>)

Yeah, I read that earlier. I guess I might be a bit concerned if I
were a Pipex customer. Let's face it who remembers what happened when
Demon were taken over by Thus? Some things got better, some got
worse.. ceratinly things ain't been the same since.

DD

"DevilDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:12:46 +0100, Andy Jenkins
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >>
> >>http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html
> >
> >Yeah - I've read it all over the place now .. taking into account that
> >I did post this at around 5:30 in the morning - I suppose its
> >realistic to expect not many other sites to be upto date at that time
> >)
>
> Yeah, I read that earlier. I guess I might be a bit concerned if I
> were a Pipex customer. Let's face it who remembers what happened when
> Demon were taken over by Thus? Some things got better, some got
> worse.. ceratinly things ain't been the same since.

GX were a highly respected Business ISP. I worked for them when they got
taken over by Concentric (US) and then became XO. The parent company
decided to stop spending cash, restructure and dumped the European arm
(which was GX). I'm pretty sure that GX are still essentially the same
people who were originally GX of old.

D

David Hearn wrote:
> "Andy Jenkins" <andy_nfTORIES@btopenworld..com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Hey all,
>>
>>A story has broken today that I've not heard before. Maybe I've got
>>my head in the sand, or maybe indeed this is the first thats been
>>heard, but basically GX Networks are rumoured to be posied to purchase
>>Pipex for about £60million.
>>
>>(link to news item on uk-bug : http://snurl.com/2jpc - although it
>>really says no more than what is written above at the moment - will
>>update it soon when I get some more information)
>>
>>Anyone heard anything about this ?
>
>
> http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html

I just wish there was more info out there. what will happen to the
special offers pipex run? from what i hear GX run it pretty close to the
bone so i can see them ditching the that kind of thing.

-dave

-

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:49:02 +0100, "David Hearn"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>GX were a highly respected Business ISP. I worked for them when they got
>taken over by Concentric (US) and then became XO. The parent company
>decided to stop spending cash, restructure and dumped the European arm
>(which was GX). I'm pretty sure that GX are still essentially the same
>people who were originally GX of old.

I've never heard of them before though. How long ago was this?

DD

David Hearn wrote:

>> A story has broken today that I've not heard before. Maybe I've got
>> my head in the sand, or maybe indeed this is the first thats been
>> heard, but basically GX Networks are rumoured to be posied to purchase
>> Pipex for about £60million.
>>
>> (link to news item on uk-bug : http://snurl.com/2jpc - although it
>> really says no more than what is written above at the moment - will
>> update it soon when I get some more information)
>>
>> Anyone heard anything about this ?
>
> http://theregister.co.uk/content/22/33189.html

I thought Pipex were owned by UUNet, sorry WorldCom, er MCI. Or was that
last week?
--
Dave

"DevilDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:49:02 +0100, "David Hearn"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >GX were a highly respected Business ISP. I worked for them when they got
> >taken over by Concentric (US) and then became XO. The parent company
> >decided to stop spending cash, restructure and dumped the European arm
> >(which was GX). I'm pretty sure that GX are still essentially the same
> >people who were originally GX of old.
>
> I've never heard of them before though. How long ago was this?

I started working for them in July 2000 and they'd just changed their name
to Concentric (UK) before changing to XO and a colleague of mine had been
working there for the previous 5 years or so I think. They were pretty much
ISDN/Leased line business only outfit at first, but when I joined they were
also running Globalnet and Freenetname (along with other VISPs such as
Waitrose, David Bowie Net(!!!), Dialstart, and some others I can't
remember).

D

"David Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "DevilDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:49:02 +0100, "David Hearn"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > >GX were a highly respected Business ISP. I worked for them when they
got
> > >taken over by Concentric (US) and then became XO. The parent company
> > >decided to stop spending cash, restructure and dumped the European arm
> > >(which was GX). I'm pretty sure that GX are still essentially the same
> > >people who were originally GX of old.
> >
> > I've never heard of them before though. How long ago was this?
>
> I started working for them in July 2000 and they'd just changed their name
> to Concentric (UK) before changing to XO and a colleague of mine had been
> working there for the previous 5 years or so I think. They were pretty
much
> ISDN/Leased line business only outfit at first, but when I joined they
were
> also running Globalnet and Freenetname (along with other VISPs such as
> Waitrose, David Bowie Net(!!!), Dialstart, and some others I can't
> remember).

Incidentally, I believe that Teletext host their internet operations with GX
(at least, they did a while ago I believe).

A posting from 1999 about about GX (which was formed from Xara Networks)
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...89A4%40usa.net

D