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In an early press statement, The Carphone Warehouse stated they had "no plans to change the service in any way at all," but, since January, all those who used P2P applications heavily had their downstream bandwidth limited to 50 kbit/s during peak times (18:00–24:00, Sunday to Thursday).
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During the third quarter of 2007, AOL Broadband caused a stir by offering a free laptop computer (and eventually a free PlayStation 3) to all new customers signing up for a 24-month contract with its AOL Broadband Wireless Plus broadband package.
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It was made public on 14 December 2006 that Carlo d'Asaro Biondo had resigned after six weeks in his new role. Philip Rowley (the chairman of AOL Europe) has taken over on a temporary basis. The Guardian states:
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On 1 November 2006, it was made public that Karen Thompson, AOL UK CEO and President AOL Europe, had resigned and had been succeeded by Carlo d'Asaro Biondo (previously CEO of
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By April 2014, AOL Broadband was no longer available for new customers. Potential new customers are directed to the TalkTalk website for broadband packages.
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reported that the company expected to cut a total of 500 UK jobs by Christmas. In line with legal requirements, AOL UK (now AOL Broadband) notified the
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Operator with more than 150,000 LLU customers. The acquisition process completed on 9 December 2006. A press release stated that AOL UK
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the management turmoil has put the European operation in "freefall" and created a "massive vacuum", according to one AOL insider.
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on 10 October 2006 for £370m, making it the third largest broadband provider, with over 2 million customers, and the largest
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The same article estimates that 5,000 AOL jobs are to go worldwide (25% of staff) with a significant number from AOL UK.
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business (broadband) was changed to AOL Broadband. The deal included an agreement to continue customers access to the
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stated "The company has informed the DTI that it is possible that it will make more than 100 redundancies".
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The exact figure for LLU customers is not in the public domain, hence 150,000 is the estimated minimum.
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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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France). Thompson was part of the team responsible for launching AOL UK in 1996.
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In April 2013 AOL Broadband was 'rated worst for broadband problems' by
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European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
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business will remain a separate organization and brand with a
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Former internet service providers of the United Kingdom
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In January 2007 AOL UK was rebranded as AOL Broadband.
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announced that it would purchase the UK business of
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TalkTalk Telecom Limited (trading as AOL Broadband)
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Limited
Telecommunications
London
Charles Dunstone
Chairman
Broadband Internet access
Parent
TalkTalk Group
internet service provider
TalkTalk Group
Carphone Warehouse
AOL
LLU
AOL
The Times
DTI
Press Gazette
AOL
TalkTalk Group
Which?
"Talk Talk Waterford, Ireland"
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"Carphone Warehouse to acquire Time Warner's AOL Internet access business in the UK for £370 million"
the original
"Carphone Warehouse buying AOL UK"
"Why did Carphone Warehouse buy AOL UK's "access" business!?"


"Carphone Warehouse completes acquisition of AOL U.K. business"

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