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Thus snaps up two rivals in £70m spree
The UK broadband market is proving it's still got some consolidation energy left in it, with the news Thus is to acquire two rivals for some �70m and is selling off one arm of its ISP business, Demon. The two companies now joining the Thus stable are ISP, fixed-line provider and mobile B2B reseller Your Communications, bought for Thus shares equivalent to �58.8m, and northern business ISP Legend, acquired for a cash offer of �11.5m. The union with Your Communications will bring cost savings of around �25m annually as well as opening up new services, according to Thus. Legend will be integrated into the UK arm of Demon, which has to date been growing at a much slower rate than the DSL market. The ISP will be repositioned into a small business provider.
Confusion reigns when switching ISPs
Nearly half of the UK's ISP call centres offer incorrect advice about switching to and from full local loop unbundling (LLU) broadband providers. Recent undercover customer research by Broadband Choices found that some customers were getting billed by both their old and new ISPs. Issues surrounding the use of Migration Authorisation Codes also proved inconsistent, as did advice from regulator Ofcom. "This is ironic as Migration Authorisation Codes were introduced by Ofcom to ease the issues surrounding migration," said Michael Phillips, product director at Broadband Choices. "Clearly we cannot rely on ISPs to inform consumers on the best process to follow when switching." Philips cited the case of a Mrs Farren, a TalkTalk customer who decided to move her broadband and telephone account from a Virgin Media ADSL connection to TalkTalk LLU.
Thus snaps up two rivals in £70m spree
The UK broadband market is proving it's still got some consolidation energy left in it, with the news Thus is to acquire two rivals for some �70m and is selling off one arm of its ISP business, Demon. The two companies now joining the Thus stable are ISP, fixed-line provider and mobile B2B reseller Your Communications, bought for Thus shares equivalent to �58.8m, and northern business ISP Legend, acquired for a cash offer of �11.5m. The union with Your Communications will bring cost savings of around �25m annually as well as opening up new services, according to Thus. Legend will be integrated into the UK arm of Demon, which has to date been growing at a much slower rate than the DSL market. The ISP will be repositioned into a small business provider.
NY firefighters douse Giuliani's hero claims
None of those recordings showed the things I mentioned. But the other agencies released the audio recordings only 2 months or so after the event. All of the recordings telling of the demolition in progress came from those recordings. I'm only telling you facts. People Magazine quoted a survivor as saying she saw an explosion occur around the 12'th floor just 10 seconds before the collapse. She and another 20 people survived in a stair-well that was unharmed for about 5 floors. The New York Times quoted many people. and one of them was a person who received cell phone calls from a person inside. the person inside said they saw explosions. I'm only telling you facts. When you look at prior 'terror' events - the OKC bombing in 1995, the WTC bombing in 1993 - it is the same.
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