UK ISP Bogons Ltd Snaps-up Part of AB Internet’s Wireless Broadband Assets

The little known ISP Bogons Limited, which owns a unique £150k data centre that sits inside of an old nuclear bunker near Comrie and a website that looks as if it hails from the 90’s, appears to have acquired part of AB Internet‘s fixed wireless broadband network from the administrators.

Lincolnshire-based AB Internet shocked subscribers in May 2017 by announcing that the company had been forced to go into administration after running into financial difficulty (here), which meant that they were unable to pay their suppliers (BT, TalkTalk and KCOM). The administrators – Turpin Barker Armstrong – stepped in to stop the service from being switched off and then set about trying to sell AB Internet’s assets as a “going concern“.

Earlier this month ISPreview.co.uk published a detailed summary of AB Internet’s financial predicament (here). As part of that we also revealed that a sale of the company’s remaining network assets had been agreed with two unconnected and unnamed third parties.

The sale itself would cover both the ISP’s Forest Holidays network for around £65,000 and also their remaining 4 networks + other assets for £200,000, which includes their networks in North and South Wales, Loch Tay and the Black Isle (the latter two are both in Scotland).

At the time credible sources were informing us that Bogons had snapped up the bulk of AB Internet’s remaining network, although officially nobody would confirm because an agreement had yet to be signed. However this week some of the affected customers have been in contact to say that they’ve been called by the administrators who have now confirmed the sale. A related email has also been received.

Email to Customers from Turpin Barker Armstrong

As discussed, the sale of the remaining networks and assets of the Company was completed on 16th August 2017. If you have any queries regarding your service please contact the purchaser, Bogons Limited, who can be contacted via:

Email: support@bogons.net (preferred)
Telephone – Support: 0330 088 1041
Telephone – General: 0330 088 1040

Naturally some customers have expressed concern about Bogon’s apparent lack of experience in the field of running fixed wireless access networks and are keen to know what plans the ISP is developing (the ISP appears to be in good financial health and has been around for a long time). We have put those questions to Bogon’s and are awaiting a reply.

In the meantime AB Internet’s website no longer seems to be loading. Hopefully Bogon’s will quickly work to give subscribers some certainty about their future.