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Pipex Broadband UK
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Pipex Broadband - Pipex Midi
Pipex Midi packages range in price from £19.99 to
£24.49. Dependant on the package you choose you
can receive FREE local and off peak National calls
every day, FREE Anti-virus software and a FREE
modem!
Pipex Broadband - Pipex Max
Pipex Max packages range in price from £24.99 to
£24.49. Dependant on the package you choose you
can receive FREE local and off peak National calls
every day, FREE Anti-virus software and a FREE
modem!
Pipex Broadband - Pipex Mini
Pipex Mini packages range in price from £14.99 to
£19.49. Depenant on the package you choose you can
receive FREE local and National calls every day,
FREE Anti-virus software and a FREE modem!
PIPEX Communications PLC is a British company
engaged in business in the internet and
telecommunications sector.
Business areas
Pipex is divided into different business areas:
Pipex Internet deals largely with residential and
small business broadband and voice, whereas
Network Services deals with larger business
customers.
Products
Pipex have four main product areas:
Internet access
Dedicated lines
Broadband
Wireless broadband
Voice services
Line rental
Leased cost routing
Security services
Firewalls
Anti-virus products
Hosting services
Web site hosting
Database hosting
Domain name sales
Market position
Market share data, Sept 2005.Today, PIPEX focuses
on the UK SME market and retains a significant
base of home users. Through a number of
acquisitions the company also owns a domain
registration brand, 123reg, and low-end hosting
business. September 2005 figures for the FTSE350
market list PIPEX with slightly less Dedicated
Access market share than Energis (acquired by C&W)
and significantly more than Easynet (acquired by
Sky). However, the company has not grown its
market share of FTSE350 Dedicated Internet Access
over the last year.
PIPEX is currently the shirt sponsor for Fulham FC
of the English Premier League.
In Summer 2006 Pipex began a television
advertising campaign in which American-born actor
Peter Knight (born Peter Xavier Knight on November
23, 1988, in Atlanta) sells the concept of
high-speed internet by relating to British
audiences as an African-American foreign exchange
student. Pipex has spent over £3 million on summer
2006 advertising, their largest advertising budget
to date.
Company history
The original company was established in 1991,
originating from Unipalm, a software reseller in
Cambridge, as the first commercial ISP in Britain.
It initially operated with a 64k transatlantic
leased line to UUNET. One of its first customers
was Demon Internet. Later it merged with the US
ISP UUNET to form UUNET PIPEX and the Unipalm
business was sold. UUNET was subsequently taken
over by Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS) which in
turn was bought by Worldcom which later merged
with MCI and was eventually rebranded MCI after
emerging from Chapter 11. MCI was bought by
Verizon and is now known as Verizon Business.
In December 1998 David Rickards purchased the Dial
business from MCI, including the Pipex name. MCI
continued to operate the Pipex domain names and
the use of some infrastructure. The new Pipex
company went on to offer domestic broadband
services using BT's ADSL system, rapidly gaining
market share by competitive pricing. It was
announced in October 2003 that it had been
purchased by GX Networks plc, for £55 million. GX
Networks renamed itself to Pipex Communications
plc to preserve the brand. |
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