[access-uk] Re: Tiscali taken over by TalkTalk

  • From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:32:59 +0100

There's an informative news release here.

http://mobile.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2241928/talktalk-acquire-tiscali-
uk

George.



-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ronnie Hill
Sent: 18 May 2009 20:15
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Tiscali taken over by TalkTalk


Hi all , I just reading about  Tiscali taken over by TalkTalk I could
not 
believe it this is true or not.
Did anyone heard this news?
If this is true? I wondering if Talk Talk are really a better server?
See the copy below including the others news.
Ronnie.



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