List of United Kingdom ISPs by age explained

The following is a history of UK Internet service providers (ISPs) in order of the date they started trading.

United Kingdom ISPs by age

  1. 1985-6 GreenNet[1]
  2. 1990 Pipex[2]
  3. 1992-01-28 GEN (Est 1989, ISP in 1992)[3]
  4. 1992-06-01 Demon Internet[4]
  5. 1992 ExNet Initially as 'HelpEx' service[5] [6] [7] [8]
  6. 1993 EUnet GB[9]
  7. 1993 Dungeon Network Systems - Rebranded as Flexnet in 1996
  8. 1993 Pavilion[10] (Sold to Easynet from 1 January 2001, but e-mail addresses remain extant under the pavilion.net domain)
  9. 1994-10-13 Zetnet[11] [12]
  10. 1994 Easynet
  11. 1994 U-NET[13]
  12. 1995 Mailbox Internet
  13. 1995 Netdirect (NDO, now part of Namesco)
  14. 1995 Internet Central[14]
  15. 1995 Anglianet
  16. 1995 Power Internet Ltd[15] (Powernet), now part of the Timico Technology Group[16]
  17. 1995 Unipalm-Pipex
  18. 1995 Zen Internet
  19. 1996 Lumison
  20. 1996 Simwood[17]
  21. 1996 Claranet[18]
  22. 1996-11 Entanet
  23. 1997 Force 9
  24. 1998 Larknet
  25. 1998 Freecom
  26. 1998 Elite Limited[19]
  27. 1998 Freeserve

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Willetts, Peter. Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The Construction of Global Governance . 15 December 2010. Routledge . 9781136848537.
  2. News: How the UK got connected. 2016-10-27. The Telegraph. 2019-09-17. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  3. Web site: 2024-06-15 . GEN Heritage and Journey . GEN.
  4. Book: Mansell, Robin. Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction. 2002. Oxford University Press. 9780198296560. en.
  5. https://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/nada.kth.se/misc/hacks/sun4x_57/common/texts/services/21
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054029/http://ditwww.epfl.ch/SIC/SA/News/Document/how_to_become_a_usenet_site.html . 2015-12-08 . dead .
  7. Web site: ExNet Systems' WWW, Email, USENET News and UUCP Contract and Charges 96/12/01.
  8. Web site: Redirecting to Google Groups.
  9. Book: Mansell . Robin . Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction . Mansell . Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet Interdepartmental Programme in Media and Communications Robin . 2002 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-829656-0 . 208 . en.
  10. Web site: Peter James' Dead Man's Footsteps . 2009-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614131328/http://shotsmag.co.uk/interviews/2009/p_james/p_james.html . 2009-06-14 .
  11. Web site: Smith . Marvin. Fishing The Net........ . Shetland Fishing News . https://web.archive.org/web/20000226104655/http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sfn/old/internet.htm . 2000-02-26.
  12. Web site: Zetnet Internet Service . PC Home . January 1997 . 2007-05-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050210202910/http://www.zetnet.co.uk/zetpages/pchome/ . 2005-02-10 .
  13. Web site: U-Net takes on extra staff.
  14. Web site: Internet Central | 1000Mb/S Leased Lines | UK Provider. 14 May 2021 .
  15. http://www.powergroup.co.uk/
  16. http://www.comms-dealer.com/industry-news/timico-acquires-powernet/
  17. https://Simwood.com
  18. Web site: International Capabilities, Claranet UK . Claranet . 2009-09-15 .
  19. Web site: About Elite, Elite Limited . Elite Limited . 2012-04-11 . dead . https://archive.today/20120728204917/http://www.elite.net.uk/about-elite.php . 2012-07-28 .

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