Pipex Business calls in the strategy boutique

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are you sure? #

Posted Friday 1st February 2008 22:33 GMT

are you sure it doesn't describe the state of mind of the folks in charge... I think they need to lay off those special cookies...

Morely Dotes

Uhm.. #

Posted Friday 1st February 2008 22:57 GMT

I swear, I first read "Latinate rebranding" as "Latrinate..."

That's as may be, but, "Vialtus moves beyond 'speeds and feeds' to focus on finding solutions to business problems through a suite of managed services," tells me that Vialtus is going to focus on solving *their* business problems ("We need to make shedloads of money fast, without any investment") and play fast and loose with terms like "unlimited" (which means "extremely limited, and capped at our whim"). And when they promise you 10Mbps downstream, you should expect to see 256kbps. Unless, of course, you have already exceeded the secret bandwidth limit for the month, in which case 9.6kbps is going to be closer to the truth.

Haku

Perhaps their last banner ad campaign didn't go so well... #

Posted Friday 1st February 2008 22:57 GMT

http://www.haku.co.uk/b3ta/Pipex.gif

(and you get a free ringding!)

David Willis

Pipex.. #

Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 17:28 GMT

See no Evil

Hear no Evil

Speak no Evil

Screw the customer base, make as much money as possible in as short as possible time and flog the business.

Ok if somebody can translate that lot into latin it makes a good company motto.

As a "used to be happy" Pipex customer I'm happy to say I will shortly be another statistic on the "customer slippage figures".

Hope the ass@ole who started this crap looses a bundle!..

Anonymous Coward

...cash #

Posted Saturday 2nd February 2008 17:28 GMT

Since they've sold a lot I imagine they have a large amount of cash to invest.

hans

Pipcali or Tiscapex #

Posted Sunday 3rd February 2008 08:21 GMT

Really its just a load of people wanting money and sending the consumer off to the lowest quality late to answer can do nothing support.

They had to change the name as Pipex or Tiscali just says 'Call Centre' to me now, no techies and no point in buying their vapour products.

Anyway now we can associate vialtus with pipex and tiscali

Marty

@David Willis #

Posted Sunday 3rd February 2008 18:17 GMT

Screw mos substructio, planto quantus quantus viaticus ut possible in ut brevis ut possible vicis quod verbero res....

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Not That Andrew

VIALTUS #

Posted Sunday 3rd February 2008 18:17 GMT

let me get this straight - they want to enhance thier performance, so they are trying Vialtus?

Paul Stimpson

Horrible name #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 04:51 GMT

Sounds just like a nasty sexually-transmitted disease.

"Doc, Can I have some Penicillin please? I've got a dose of Vialtus."

P Saunders

BUY* VIALTUS ONL*INE NOW #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 09:58 GMT

I am sure that I bought Vialtus from somebody who sent me an e-mail promising not only a bigger member but better, longer performance. I seem to remember it didn't work very well.

Now where the heck did I put it?

Patrick Shaw

got it wrong #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 09:58 GMT

I think readers of this piece are confusing the business/hosting division from the broadband stuff which Tiscali bought last year. As Williams points out, this is the latest bit that's up for grabs following the Pipex Broadband garage sale.

Evil Graham

It'll sink without trace #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 09:58 GMT

Because "Vialtus" is never going to get through anyone's spam filter.

b166er

Reliant Robin #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 11:22 GMT

Is Vialtus the plural of Vialto, possibly the long lost brother of the Reliant Rialto?

Thought not, taxi!

Anonymous Coward

Vialtus eh? #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 11:46 GMT

So what they are really saying is "our name is Highway, but we tarted it up by saying it in Latin and hope no-one notices".

What a bunch of prats.

Anonymous Coward

In fairness #

Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:06 GMT

They sold their broadband services as it never made any money. The Pipex brand is associated with broadband services, which they no longer offer so makes sense to change the name.

Not a great name though.

Anonymous Coward