Karoo, KCom and Kingston Communications in the news..

[The Dominator]

More info on KCom reducing wholesale pricing (and they too have seen through the crap!:
thetelecom.co.uk

[stormy]

More info on KCom reducing wholesale pricing (and they too have seen through the crap!:
thetelecom.co.uk

More info? LOL. Its a complete carbon copy of what thinkbroadband printed!

[The Dominator]

lol..
i never noticed that.. but your right.!

Well spotted..

I thought they might have least re-written it in their own words, if I were marking them for an exam they would be done for plagiarism!

[The Dominator]

Kcom sell off their "118800" directory enquiries section.
is it to raise cash?

links to story:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/05/marketforces (scroll down)

and from the horses mouth...

http://www.kcom.com/mediacentre/news/news_article.asp?ArticleID=DA_197427

[stormy]

Apparently we don't need to worry:

http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/virgin-media-continues-at-the-top-040408.html

Odd really considering when I tried their tester I was getting near maximum speeds all the time, yet other *real* sites crawled... Call me cynical but that makes me suspicious.

Mike

[Sean]

Same here, I isntalled the tester, consistently getting 3mbps+ recorded.

Yet I would go to Microsoft, or another site with plenty of bandwidth, and get about 1.5 to 2

[The Dominator]

Eclipse (KComs BTLand company):
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkpZZulFylMMzXxHIW.html

Info on price cuts,.

[The Dominator]

This one is the best.....

An own goal by KCom me thinks?
I will let you click on the link to find out 


http://www.sh4un.co.uk/2008/03/27/karoos-direct-approach-to-server-status/

[The Dominator]

Thanks to Jeepster again...
His argument reflects many sentiments felt by KComs Hull/district based customers..

http://annoyedfolk.blogspot.com/2008/04/karoo-ignoring-users.html

[The Dominator]

Here's a little snippet about Kingston Internet and their online shop, in conjunction with ePages..

story at internet world

[The Dominator]

A small mention for KCOM in this story - its talking about a takeover bid by Cable & Wireless on Scottish Telco. 'Thus'.

It speculates that having rejected the C&W offer they [Thus] may go on and try to takeover Kcom..

http://business.scotsman.com/business/Terry-Murden-Why-an-improved.4139727.jp

**updated**

Hmmm - a little more info here...
http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/Companies/ByEvent/MergersAndAcquisitions/Inbrief/article/20080530/5cdb2960-2e2c-11dd-b659-0015171400aa/Telecoms-consolidation-kicking-off.jsp

[The Dominator]

I will let you lot comment on this one.....

http://www.kcom.com/mediacentre/news/news_article.asp?ArticleID=DA_197983

[The Dominator]

I found this today..
yet another satisfied customer....

http://www.calvininnes.com/blog/?p=113

I am looking for good news stories about KCOM, Karoo et al.  But so far, other than the spiel they spout about how good they are there is nothing?!