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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
No Broadband Connection
Talkback I have had no Biscit/V21 broadband service since early yesterday evening(7th) could the present situation be the reason why ? Just as well I got my MAC code last week and have started a transfer to another ISP
[March 8, 2007, 15:22]
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]
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 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]
