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News Pointing out that the ASA has in the past rebuked operators such as Wanadoo (now Orange) and Bulldog (now part of Tiscali) over their 8Mbps claims - and Be Broadband over its 24Mbps claims - the spokesperson said the ASA has "taken a very... [03 Aug 2007]
Tiscali buys Pipex's broadband
News Pipex has expanded through a number of acquisitions in the last few years, including buying Bulldog Broadband and Toucan last year for £36m. Pipex has sold its broadband and phone division to Tiscali for £210m. [13 Jul 2007]
Snaffled: Data on 100,000 Bulldog customers
News The contact details of 100,000 Bulldog broadband customers have been stolen, according to Cable & Wireless, Bulldog's former parent company. Cable & Wireless bought Bulldog in 2004 before it sold the business to Pipex in 2006. [23 Apr 2007]
Smaller ISPs: The secret to our success
News The UK broadband market witnessed a lot of consolidation last year, including Thus grabbing two rivals in a £70m spending spree, BT snapping up PlusNet for £67m, and Pipex forking out £10m for Freedom2Surf, £12m for Bulldog and £24m for Toucan. [26 Jan 2007]
Pipex misses out on 30,000 Bulldog customers
News Pipex, the ISP which bought the customer base of its troubled rival Bulldog, has revealed it actually acquired 30,000 fewer customers than it expected. Bulldog had a base of 110,000 users when the deal was agreed last September but Pipex said once... [22 Jan 2007]
C&W plays next generation game
News C&W is in the middle of a restructuring process which it hopes will restore its fortunes after a troubled period that saw it lay off hundreds of employees and divest itself of its consumer broadband business Bulldog. [12 Oct 2006]
Pipex pays £36m for a Bulldog and a Toucan
News Pipex is aiming to boost its customer base and mobile capability with the acquisitions of Bulldog Broadband and Toucan. Pipex has bought Bulldog's residential and small business broadband customer base and rights to the Bulldog brand in a £12m all... [07 Sep 2006]
Bulldog customers up for grabs
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) has announced it is looking for a buyer for the customer base of its residential broadband arm, Bulldog, despite the fact the provider is still taking on new customers. Faced with "free" broadband offers from the likes of... [03 Jul 2006]
Update: Bulldog ditches home broadband market
News Cable & Wireless has abandoned its goal of making Bulldog a major force in the retail broadband space. Bulldog will not sign up any new broadband customers - instead, it will concentrate on selling wholesale broadband services to other ISPs. [08 Jun 2006]
Vodafone 'toys with Tiscali buy'
News Bulldog, Cable & Wireless's broadband ISP, is said to be another option, despite its track-record of poor customer service. Speculation is growing that Vodafone is preparing to buy one of the UK's fixed-line telecommunications operators. [24 Apr 2006]
Carphone Warehouse takes wraps off 'free' broadband
News The new Carphone offering comes in at roughly the same price as other dual-play services, such as Bulldog's which offers 8Mbps broadband and landline for £20.25, although calls are not free. Carphone Warehouse has put an end to speculation on its... [11 Apr 2006]
Bulldog rapped over broadband prices in ads
News Bulldog has been told off by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a deal that wasn't as good as it sounded. Bulldog's ads - which promised 8MB broadband for £9.75 per month "fixed for as long as you are with us" - drew complaints from... [30 Mar 2006]
WiMax comes to Westminster
News And although it's a small company, Urban WiMax hopes to offer a better customer service than fixed-line rivals such as Bulldog. A UK company is ready to start offering businesses in central London a high-speed telecoms service over WiMax. [21 Mar 2006]
C&W jobs to go as exec hits out at "crappy industry"
News Its decision to buy Bulldog has also been questioned after the ISP suffered widespread problems getting new customers connected. Cable & Wireless is expected to announce major job cuts on Tuesday as the telco refocuses on large companies rather... [28 Feb 2006]
Reed turns to Sirocom in €17m virtual network deal
News BT, Bulldog, Easynet and Energis are believed to have been in the frame. Sirocom has won a €17m, three-year deal to supply converged voice and data networking to recruitment business Reed Managed Services. [22 Feb 2006]
