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RSS pipex in newsFreedom4 spreads WiMax love to students
News The company, formerly known as Pipex Wireless, has made Warwickshire College its learning partner - so students can now make use of its WiMax network and, it hopes, learn more about the tech. WiMax provider Freedom4 is spreading long range wireless... [16 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News Like the company Freedom4 - a spin-off from the former Pipex Wireless - On-Communications is offering fixed WiMax as a cheaper, wireless alternative to symmetrical DSL. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for... [10 Jul 2008]
UK WiMax company snaps up wi-fi buddy
News Freedom4, which used to be Pipex Wireless, is a significant player in the UK's burgeoning WiMax industry. Freedom4 already has a reseller deal with ConnectMK in Milton Keynes and sells its service through Vialtus - formerly known as Pipex Business. [21 May 2008]
Is online TV throttling broadband networks?
News Tiscali, which also owns Pipex, has been the most vocal ISP on this subject and has stated in the past it believes content providers such as the BBC should foot the bill for upgrading networks to cope with the content they're now churning out. [28 Jan 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News The connectivity is provided by Freedom4 (previously Pipex Wireless) which has been trialling fixed WiMax in Milton Keynes since last year. A commercial WiMax service has been launched in Milton Keynes, following extensive trials of the wireless... [19 Dec 2007]
BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes
News Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646), Orange (636), Pipex (634), TalkTalk (630) and then BT. In the annual JD Power and Associates 2007 UK Broadband Internet Service Provider Satisfaction Study, the... [06 Dec 2007]
Pipex reveals nationwide WiMax plans
News Pipex has revealed its plans for a nationwide rollout of WiMax services for businesses across the UK. Freedom4 - the new brand name for the Pipex Wireless division - will initially target SMEs with the rollout of its symmetrical WiMax service... [05 Oct 2007]
Tiscali buys Pipex's broadband
News Pipex has sold its broadband and phone division to Tiscali for £210m. The businesses being sold to Tiscali include Pipex Homecall, Pipex Internet, Switch Telecoms and Toucan Residential. Peter Dubens, executive chairman of Pipex, said Pipex is... [13 Jul 2007]
Swindon still top dog for fat pipes
News It will soon offer free wireless internet access throughout its city centre and has hosted a WiMax rollout with Pipex. Swindon remains the UK's top broadband town but Milton Keynes is hot on its heels, having rocketed up to second place from 62nd... [23 May 2007]
Snaffled: Data on 100,000 Bulldog customers
News Cable & Wireless bought Bulldog in 2004 before it sold the business to Pipex in 2006. The contact details of 100,000 Bulldog broadband customers have been stolen, according to Cable & Wireless, Bulldog's former parent company. [23 Apr 2007]
WiMax to go live in Warwick
News Wireless Warwick is working with Intel Solutions Services, National Grid Wireless and Pipex Wireless with the trial. Warwick District Council's WiMax trial will start this spring with the objective of a full rollout by the end of the year. [03 Apr 2007]
F1 champions put their faith in technology
News Honda: Avaya, Cablefree Solutions, IBM, Matrix Communications, NCE, PerkinElmer, Pipex, STL Communications It might not be as temperamental as a race-car's engine, but keeping the IT running properly can be just as important to the success of a... [23 Mar 2007]
How Formula One takes tech to the extremes
News Beyond the day-to-day operations of the team, technology is used to further the brand - for example following Jenson Button's first win in Hungary last year, Pipex, which hosts the team's website, had to respond quickly to cope with extra traffic... [14 Mar 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]
