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...

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

(and you get a free ringding!)

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.

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!..

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

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

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

obduco mihi meus coat

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

Sounds just like a nasty sexually-transmitted disease.

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

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?

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.

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

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

Thought not, taxi!

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.

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.

1. Screwed by Worldcom

2. Screwed by Tiscali

3. Screwed by Vial... whatever...

Longtime Pipex customers are feeling a little sore.

"Vialtus takes its name from the Latin words Via ("way") and altus ("high") "

So they're reselling everyone a go on the Information Superwayhigh.

It's bound to catch one. Drugs anyone?