List of United Kingdom ISPs by age

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

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United Kingdom ISPs by age

  1. 1985-6 GreenNet [1]
  2. 1990 Pipex [2]
  3. 1992-01-28 GEN (established in 1989, began operating as an 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. 1992 NTL
  8. 1993 Dungeon Network Systems - Rebranded as Flexnet in 1996
  9. 1993 Pavilion [10] (Sold to Easynet from 1 January 2001, but e-mail addresses remain extant under the pavilion.net domain)
  10. 1994 Bogomip [11]
  11. 1994-10-13 Zetnet [12] [13]
  12. 1994 Easynet
  13. 1994 U-NET [14]
  14. 1995 Mailbox Internet
  15. 1995 Netdirect (NDO, now part of Namesco)
  16. 1995 Internet Central [15]
  17. 1995 Anglianet
  18. 1995 Power Internet Ltd [16] (Powernet), now part of the Timico Technology Group [17]
  19. 1995 Unipalm-Pipex
  20. 1995 Zen Internet
  21. 1996 Direct Connection [18]
  22. 1996 Metronet [11]
  23. 1996 Lumison
  24. 1996 Simwood [19]
  25. 1996 Claranet [20]
  26. 1996-11 Entanet
  27. 1997 Force 9
  28. 1998 Larknet
  29. 1998 Freecom
  30. 1998 Elite Limited [21]
  31. 1998 Freeserve

See also

References

  1. ↑ Willetts, Peter (15 December 2010). Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The Construction of Global Governance. Routledge. ISBN   9781136848537.
  2. ↑ "How the UK got connected". The Telegraph. 2016-10-27. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ↑ "GEN Heritage and Journey". GEN. 2024-06-15.
  4. ↑ Mansell, Robin (2002). Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780198296560.
  5. ↑ "Internet access from foriegn countries, providers". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.
  6. ↑ "How to become a Usenet site". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  7. ↑ "ExNet Systems' WWW, Email, USENET News and UUCP Contract and Charges 96/12/01".
  8. ↑ "Redirecting to Google Groups".
  9. ↑ Mansell, Robin; Mansell, Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet Interdepartmental Programme in Media and Communications Robin (2002). Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction. Oxford University Press. p. 208. ISBN   978-0-19-829656-0.
  10. ↑ "Peter James' Dead Man's Footsteps". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  11. 1 2 "Search engine - Internet Service Providers". Campaign. 31 July 1997.
  12. ↑ Smith, Marvin. "Fishing The Net..." Shetland Fishing News. Archived from the original on 2000-02-26.
  13. ↑ "Zetnet Internet Service". PC Home. January 1997. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  14. ↑ "U-Net takes on extra staff". 6 December 1997.
  15. ↑ "Internet Central | 1000Mb/S Leased Lines | UK Provider". 14 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Digital Space". www.powergroup.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  17. ↑ "Timico acquires Powernet | Comms Dealer".
  18. ↑ "dircon.co.uk". whois.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  19. ↑ "Home | Simwood". Simwood.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  20. ↑ "International Capabilities, Claranet UK". Claranet. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  21. ↑ "About Elite, Elite Limited". Elite Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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