Thisismoney.co.uk reports that the £450m auction for UK ISP Pipex may have hit a roadblock after BT ended its interest in the provider. It's also claimed that The Carphone Warehouse, which is possibly the only interested group still left in the process, has balked at the asking price:


No doubt Pipex's existing subscribers will be less than enthralled at the prospect of Carphone Warehouse taking over their ISP, especially when CW still has its own issues still to resolve.

This is all provided Pipex could even stomach such a deal, which would greatly depend upon the details. Naturally nobody is commenting.