AOL is nutorious for billing errors and so on and so forth.

2 of my friends that left AOL to goto cable and closed their accounts at later dates recieved huge bills of well over £100 claiming that they hadnt informed AOL of contract cancellation and their acount was still active even though it had been closed by phoning them.

AOL are a joke!

No! You correctly stated the historical facts but I'm referring to the here & now.

Their Website states that Tiscali is the legal entity, whilst TT is just a trade name.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

No! You correctly stated the historical facts but I'm referring to the here & now.

Their Website states that Tiscali is the legal entity, whilst TT is just a trade name.

You really are a joke, always right even when you're wrong!!

I don't think Mr.Dunstone would appreciate reading that "TT is just a trade name"! TT bought Tiscali, end of story, and basically the end of Tiscali.

In reply to a post by Supatramp:

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

No! You correctly stated the historical facts but I'm referring to the here & now.

Their Website states that Tiscali is the legal entity, whilst TT is just a trade name.

You really are a joke, always right even when you're wrong!!

I don't think Mr.Dunstone would appreciate reading that "TT is just a trade name"! TT bought Tiscali, end of story, and basically the end of Tiscali.

I can't look up the exact details right now, but the confusion you are suffering from is you don't realise that, subject to my being able to check tomorrow the exact ownership chain, it is the TalkTalk Group which made the purchases you refer to.

At the time Tiscali was purchased, it appears that the TalkTalk ISP was transferred to Tiscali UK Limited, which is a subsidiary of TalkTalk Group Limited.

Hence, the TalkTalk website says exactly what XRaySpex quoted. He is not confused, you are. But in the broader scheme of things you are both right - just talk(talk)ing about different things.

I think you can rest assured that the TalkTalk Group lawyers have specified the (quoted) wording of the information on the TT website to satisfy the legal requirement for a web site to declare correctly the name of the company owning it.

Which part of the group now owns AOL is one of the things I can't check here and now. It may be TT Group, it may be Tiscali UK.

Edited by RobertoS (Thu 07-Apr-11 00:37:30)

It wouldn't surprise me if it's all being set up as a Shell Corporation to confuse the accountants and so the proprietors can disappear to the Cayman Islands with the proceeds, allegedly

Edited by XRaySpeX (Thu 07-Apr-11 01:00:32)

Yes but they may have put a black mark on your credit record which could cause problems in the future

In reply to a post by Bob_s2:

Yes but they may have put a black mark on your credit record which could cause problems in the future

I don't think so. When I say written off the debt, perhaps that's not quite accurate. They have credited my account and it now reads zero - and they also sent me a cheque for £5!

Previous balance £ 54.50
Payments received £ 0.00
Total adjustments -£ 54.50 CR
New charges £ 0.00
Total amount payable including VAT £ 0.00

and in more detail:


Credit - Disconnection Delay 15 Feb 11 -£ 0.66 CR
Cheque Refund 15 Feb 11 £ 5.00
Customer Credit 09 Feb 11 -£ 58.27 CR
Credit - Disconnection Delay 09 Feb 11 -£ 0.57 CR
Total adjustments -£ 54.50 CR


Total new charges £ 0.00

Total amount payable including VAT £ 0.00