{"id":30177,"date":"2022-02-17T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=30177"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:23:06","slug":"comms-provider-daisy-group-acquires-uk-isp-xln-telecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/comms-provider-daisy-group-acquires-uk-isp-xln-telecom.html","title":{"rendered":"Comms Provider Daisy Group Acquires UK ISP XLN Telecom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lancashire-based business communications provider <a href=\"https:\/\/daisygroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daisy Group<\/a> has today officially acquired rival broadband ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/xln\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">XLN Telecom<\/a>, which is home to around 120,000 UK customers, for approximately \u00a3200 million. 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