founded 2008 headquarters rotherham england uk key people liam winder md quentin birchall cco products broadband services website ripwire.co.uk ripwire is a british company that sells internet and telecommunications services including hosting broadband internet connections voip and interactive multi touch software applications . history edit the company traces its history back to october 2008 when founder liam winder signed agreements with freedom4 communications plc to use their 3.6 ghz 4ghz and 28 ghz licensed wimax spectrum in various cities in the uk . since this time ripwire has gone on to roll out wireless access across the uk including the rhondda cynon taff valleys in south wales . recently in april 2010 ripwire announced availability of a vdsl2 service in south yorkshire that brings 40mb internet for homes and businesses across the digital region network . as of february 2012 ripwire have gone into administration . ripwire email dear ripwire customers as you may be aware ripwire has unfortunately had to cease trading as of 01 02 2012 . an option to maintain the current client requirements is in negotiation with a leading provider and a conclusion to those negotiations should be reached tomorrow . in the meantime core internet access and service is being maintained by ripwire . ripwire s network is and has always been independent of digital region and as of this time is under our control only . we are not in a position to provide any 1st line support at this time . liam winder managing director ripwire acquired by ask4 have be acquired by ask4 one of the other digital region isps . external links edit official company site official freedom4 site official digital region site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ripwire & oldid 647133098 categories internet companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 18 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view