Reports at el Reg claim that Pipex will be closing it's call centres which serve Bulldog customers.

Troubled Pipex bought the ISP from Cable and Wireless last year along with it's chequered past of customer dissatisfaction. While nothing has been announced officially, it's been rumoured that Bulldog's outsourcers have been told their services will no longer be needed in 90 days' time.

Pipex have given the 'no comment' replies but have said "Pipex has no plans to reduce the level of support for customers with a Bulldog service nor has it any plans to change the way that the customer can contact the support teams." which is a nice no committal answer.