Nice rises Friday and today,after being tipped up by Money Week magazine ,with first half sales up 86%,and a cheaper Broadband bundle than Car Phone warehouse,a forward p/e of 15.4 and a likely takeover target seems the one to be on in a guarateed consolidating sector.

http://business.guardian.co.uk/marketforces/story/0,,1949048,00.html

Among the minnows, broadband business Plusnet added 1.75p to 207.75p as BT agreed to buy the company for 67m or 210p a share. Analysts said the news was positive for rival Pipex, with Dresdner Kleinwort setting a 13.10p price target on the shares on hopes it too may be bought. Pipex added was steady at 12.25p.

come on pxc 16-24 pm imho

Just taking a look at PXC on the back of the quite positive article in Shares. Surprised to see no comment. Wireless field looks interesting with first commercial moves in next six months? Difficult to evaluate potential - any thoughts?

Eric

i held this share for quite a while, ultimately got very bored and tookm my modest profit ..... however, having now experienced at first hand their appalling customer service, i have no intention of venturing back in, for assuredly such incompetence is a reflection of the management

I'm just waiting for the next spike before getting out..

Thanks, cynic - I know you are an honest man being a golfer!

cynic - LOL. I'm sure Pipex will miss you. Dubens is shrewd, managment solid.
Bored traders never make real money. Happily, spivs usually prefer such notables as EVS, SEO and the like.
PXC has been a perfect trading share for several years but also offers long term investor possibilities.

Dubens may be shrewd, but believe me, the attitude and competence of those at the coal-face is a reflection of the management ...... imo, this share is not be bought on fundamentals

I would agree that Pipex have real issues with their support and customer services. They seem to be having difficulty in fully integrating all of the companies that they have purchased. I am both hearing and experiencing this a lot and yet so far their subscriber figures seem to be going from strength to strength - I assume that this is mainly due to the acquistions.

cynic - 28 Nov 2006 19:55 - 47 of 48
imo, this share is not be bought on fundamentals

dyor on the financial fundamentals - seem pretty secure to me

I would tend to agree zscrooge.

Having a good day--------so far.
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if the fundamentals to not stack up, then share should prob not be bought at all ...... old adage that one never buys a share just on t/o possibilites

UBS took another 31.7 million shares, what do they know that we don't !
can see these over 14p this week

watched go up before, and then come all the way back down again ..... PXC ought to be a t/o target, but nothing ever seems to materialise ..... this has been the case for at least the last 2 years

Been in and out of these several times over the last 3-4 years netting a decent profit on the way, I finally got bored with my holding on friday and sold, the proceeds I put into APN @ <11p, atm it's looking a good move. Good luck to PXC holders I may re-visit if an opportunity arises.
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This stock is in a clear uptrend, now after the dip these last 2 weeks i can see these up 10% in the next 2. I feel a nice large CFD is in order today.

find it very difficult to get at all enthusiastic over this badly run company ...... have made modest money from the shares in the past ..... alleged hopes of t/o have yet to materialise, though they have floated around for at least the last 2 years ...... am i really so lacking in other ideas where to put my funds just relased from the sale of CSR that this is the best i can do? ...... hope not!

Cynic, agree with you.. sp progress is like watching paint dry but a 1000 times worse ! However, I think I prefer to be in PXC rather than out, particularly with results due early April...

For other shares to get into you might want to look at (that I'm in amongst others) are :
ACC,
ARC,
FFA,
HMB,
MVW,
MLR,
All IMHO and dyor of course. Be interested to know what others you are considering and what you eventually go into - cheers!


IGH

skyhigh ... to save me trawling, which of your list have cap greater than 10m? ..... for starters, you might like to think of shorting BFC .... have a look at the thread for logic

Spoke to a pipex employee at w/e . Had not heard of any t/o as yet