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General => General Chat => Topic started by: Lias on June 10, 2015, 03:09:53 pm

Title: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Lias on June 10, 2015, 03:09:53 pm

Okay not really, but they do seem to have a bit of an insatiable appetite for devouring things :-)

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumId=65&topicid=174911 (http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumId=65&topicid=174911)
tl;dr Vodafone has apparently just eaten WorldXChange/WXC. No further details yet.

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Lias on June 10, 2015, 03:12:48 pm

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/press-release/vodafone-acquires-worldxchange-to-bring-enhanced-benefits-to-customers/ (http://www.vodafone.co.nz/press-release/vodafone-acquires-worldxchange-to-bring-enhanced-benefits-to-customers/)

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on June 10, 2015, 07:43:43 pm

Who hosts WXC? iHug?

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Pyromanik on June 11, 2015, 07:36:22 am

wxc is who/what?

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Lias on June 11, 2015, 08:01:00 am

WorldXChange, used to be known as Xnet.. about the 6thish biggest ISP in NZ.

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: Xsannz on June 11, 2015, 08:08:15 am

they also used to have a bunch of those toll rate calling card things

Title: Re: Vodafone to rename itself to Moloch
Post by: 420fairy on June 11, 2015, 08:33:37 am

xnet were great for their international calling rates. this is in an interesting acquisition. All good both still my customers ha