Just when you thought the V21/Biscit/Netservices saga was over, it rears it's head again with some cutting remarks by Biscit's chief executive.

He claims that the only reason why users were left without any connection was that Netservices wanted to hold onto it's customers, and that the disputed invoice for £200k was an 'estimation'. The invoice in question was proposed to Biscit after they had bought V21 and was for "burst bandwidth" which they said that they would accept on the condition that it was a "proper invoice".
However the invoice covered the period back to December 2005, but  according to a former V21 director, NetServices didn't have the technology to measure "burst bandwidth" until July 2006, suggesting that the invoice had been an estimation, so it was rejected.

When it was running V21's 50,000 subscribers had represented about 20 percent of Netservices' total custom. However, V21's new owner Biscit, has its own deal with BT Wholesale and it is thought that they would have transferred V21's customers from NetServices to BT. This is what forms the basis for the mud sligging.

"It is certainly a way for NetServices to hope to preserve its existing customer base," claimed Biscit's chief executive, Hugh Paterson. Netservices who are renowned for keeping quiet, haven't responded as yet.