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Biscit Again. Yeah, I Know.
Blog Not feeling sorry enough for Biscit's customers yet? Well, now it turns out that Breathe (the one's who were buying Biscit's customers then weren't 'cos of legal issues) are, er, buying some of Biscit's customers.
[March 21, 2007, 11:21]
Biscit Customers Sold?
Blog The eminently readable ISP Review site has "reliable sources" claiming that Biscit's remaining customer base has been sold on to Breathe Internet - not that Biscit's site mentions this at the moment (well, it has been frozen in time since December...
[March 9, 2007, 11:53]
Biscit - Is The End Nigh?
Blog I'm not even going to retread the long, increasingly ugly saga that surrounds Biscit, but you can catch up if necessary by clicking here to read up on the ISP's recent withdrawal from the ISP Association and find links to older stories.
[March 1, 2007, 10:36]
Biscit Denies Cash Flow Problems
News The chief executive of internet provider Biscit has denied reports that his company is running low on cash. Responding to a piece on website ISP Review, entitled Biscit facing financial difficulty? The story referred to two Biscit customers who had...
[February 1, 2007, 14:01]
Biscit Customers Still Stranded
News The proposed sale of failed ISP Biscit's customers to service provider Breathe has not gone through. Biscit went into administration last week, and it was subsequently reported that its customers — many of whom were bought by Biscit from the ISP...
[March 13, 2007, 16:29]
Biscit Falls Into Administration
News In the latest twist for customers of Biscit, it has emerged that the internet service provider has gone into administration. A spokesperson for company insolvency specialist Piper Thompson confirmed it had been appointed as the administrator for...
[March 8, 2007, 12:55]
View From A V21 (and Now Reluctant Biscit) Customer.
Talkback But now Biscit has taken over, I am no longer content to sit back and hope for the best, I have tried to cancel my account and get a MAC code but haven't had any luck. I am no longer within V21's minimun contract term, and I haven't agreed to...
[December 5, 2006, 21:41]
Confusion As Biscit Withdraws From ISP Association
News UK internet service provider Biscit has withdrawn from the Internet Service Providers' Association and is not taking on any new customers. According to an Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) spokesperson, Biscit "resigned [its...
[February 26, 2007, 10:55]
BT Throws Line To Stranded Biscit Customers
News Biscit's stranded customers have been thrown a lifeline by BT, which is stepping in to issue the codes they need to find new internet suppliers. Details of the helpline will be available from a web page that these customers of Biscit will be re...
[March 16, 2007, 15:26]
Internet Supplier Denies Customer-retention Ploy
News The chief executive of internet provider Biscit/V21 has accused former supplier NetServices of cutting off V21's service in a bid to hang on to its dwindling customer base. After NetServices cut off V21, claiming it was owed money, V21's relatively...
[December 4, 2006, 16:06]
The ZDNet UK Community Strikes Back!
Blog Comment There is some interesting stuff here on Biscit from former V21 Directors.http://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/showthread.php? The end is nigh for the soggy Biscit I would say.dc t=23313&page=2
[February 23, 2007, 15:07]
He Won't Be Signing Anymore..
Talkback I don't think Mr Paterson will be signing anymore cheques for Biscit. Strangely, the link to the Biscit management team has disappeared from their site as well. At least not as a Director of the company as he has now resigned from the board.
[February 15, 2007, 20:51]
Bouncing Cheques
Talkback I can't vouch for the person claiming this but somebody claiming to be an ex-director of V21 is saying that the reason some cheques issued by Biscit bounced was because HSBC shut-off Biscit's overdraft over issues of guarantees from the old V21...
[March 2, 2007, 8:57]
The ZDNet UK Community Strikes Back!
Blog Full marks to community member dercoss, who dropped into the site a week ago to give us a handy tip about the resignation of Hugh Paterson, erstwhile CEO of internet service provider Biscit. For those unfamiliar with Biscit, it's the ISP which...
[February 22, 2007, 14:03]
NetServices Sells Wholesale Business To EzeeDSL
News Last year NetServices became embroiled in a dispute with the ISP Biscit, which had recently bought another provider, V21. It then tried to migrate V21's users over to little-known ezeeDSL/186k, but Biscit subsequently sued NetServices and stopped...
[May 8, 2007, 13:37]
V21 - Netservicesplc.com Hijack V21 Customers Into New Contract
Forum The background to this lockout is that V21 (recently taken over by Biscit) have been in dispute with Netservices plc regarding "burst bandwidth charges" and have queried invoices from Netservices with the result that Biscit are now taking legal...
[November 17, 2006, 13:50]
Ofcom: Return Of The MAC
News A spokesperson for Ofcom confirmed that this part of the ruling was at least partially inspired by the ongoing battle between NetServices, a wholesaler, and Biscit/V21, its erstwhile client. However, a situation like the NetServices and Biscit/V21...
[December 13, 2006, 11:52]
Broadband Migration Safeguards Due This Christmas
News In November, two other NetServices-supplied ISPs, Fast24 and V21/Biscit, were cut off for non-payment and the customers directed towards EzeeDSL with no possibility of receiving a MAC. In the case of V21/Biscit, widespread outrage expressed by...
[November 28, 2006, 12:48]
ISP V21 To Sue Wholesale Supplier
News Attempts to get through to the V21/Biscit offices also failed. Biscit then announced on Thursday afternoon that it is beginning legal proceedings against NetServices for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
[November 15, 2006, 17:15]
The ZDNet UK Community Strikes Back!
Blog Comment It appears that Biscit have now "stepped down" from membership of the ISPA, the Internet Service Providers Association.dc Further to my earlier comment.
[February 25, 2007, 16:31]
