From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

Oh dear. I wonder if customers know? Also, customers of other providers
who use TalkTalk.

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/national-security-alert-talktalk-risks-190520368.html

"Whitehall is on high alert because of the threat that TalkTalk, the
broadband provider, may go into administration within days and open up a national security vulnerability.

Security officials responsible for Britain's most critical
infrastructure are in close daily contact with senior civil servants and telecoms regulators as they seek to ensure that TalkTalk is able to keep operating in the event of an insolvency.

It is feared that disruption to services could hit the Ministry of
Defence and weaken Britain's security at an unstable moment in
international affairs.

"
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

On 25/09/2026 22:29, Richmond wrote:

Oh dear. I wonder if customers know? Also, customers of other providers
who use TalkTalk.

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/national-security-alert-talktalk-risks-190520368.html

"Whitehall is on high alert because of the threat that TalkTalk, the broadband provider, may go into administration within days and open up a national security vulnerability.

Security officials responsible for Britain's most critical
infrastructure are in close daily contact with senior civil servants and telecoms regulators as they seek to ensure that TalkTalk is able to keep operating in the event of an insolvency.

It is feared that disruption to services could hit the Ministry of
Defence and weaken Britain's security at an unstable moment in
international affairs.

"

Been on the brink for ages. From today's Times:-

"The company supplies telecommunications services to a small number of Ministry of Defence sites as a third-party reseller, but it is thought
that the sales process is unlikely to interrupt the services since there
is at least one other supplier to prevent disruption."

Dave
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

On 25/09/2026 21:29, Richmond wrote:

Oh dear. I wonder if customers know? Also, customers of other providers
who use TalkTalk.

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/national-security-alert-talktalk-risks-190520368.html

"Whitehall is on high alert because of the threat that TalkTalk, the broadband provider, may go into administration within days and open up a national security vulnerability.

Security officials responsible for Britain's most critical
infrastructure are in close daily contact with senior civil servants and telecoms regulators as they seek to ensure that TalkTalk is able to keep operating in the event of an insolvency.

It is feared that disruption to services could hit the Ministry of
Defence and weaken Britain's security at an unstable moment in
international affairs.

"

No sensible business is going to buy them as a going concern ,they will
wait until they go bankrupt and the buy their customers much more cheaply.

Then move customers over to your own network and get rid of the old
network and as many of its staff/offices as you can ,100% being the goal.

I speak from personal experience
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.broadband

grinch <grinch@somewhere.net> wrote:

On 25/09/2026 21:29, Richmond wrote:

Oh dear. I wonder if customers know? Also, customers of other providers
who use TalkTalk.

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/national-security-alert-talktalk-risks-190520368.html

"Whitehall is on high alert because of the threat that TalkTalk, the
broadband provider, may go into administration within days and open up a
national security vulnerability.

Security officials responsible for Britain's most critical
infrastructure are in close daily contact with senior civil servants and
telecoms regulators as they seek to ensure that TalkTalk is able to keep
operating in the event of an insolvency.

It is feared that disruption to services could hit the Ministry of
Defence and weaken Britain's security at an unstable moment in
international affairs.

"

No sensible business is going to buy them as a going concern ,they will
wait until they go bankrupt and the buy their customers much more cheaply.

Then move customers over to your own network and get rid of the old network and as many of its staff/offices as you can ,100% being the goal.

I speak from personal experience

TT is effectively two outfits. ThererCOs the consumer facing ISP and a rather more professional outfit supplying backhaul. The latter has value, the
former practically no value. Their retail customers are probably the ones
that no rational ISP would want as customers. Those customers were largely focussed on getting service at the lowest possible price, and many of them
are poor credit risks. They arenrCOt really going to add value to any
business taking them on in bulk. The government via ofcom seems concerned
that some very vulnerable customers are at risk of losing service. If no willing volunteer company comes forward I can see BT being arm twisted into being the supplier of last resort.

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