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List of United Kingdom ISPs by age

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.

United Kingdom ISPs by age

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

See also

References

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    Willetts, Peter (15 December 2010). Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The Construction of Global Governance. Routledge. ISBN 9781136848537.
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    Mansell, Robin (2002). Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198296560.
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "ExNet Systems' WWW, Email, USENET News and UUCP Contract and Charges 96/12/01".
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    "Redirecting to Google Groups".
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    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.
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    "Peter James' Dead Man's Footsteps". Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
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    Smith, Marvin. "Fishing The Net..." Shetland Fishing News. Archived from the original on 2000-02-26.
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    "Zetnet Internet Service". PC Home. January 1997. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  12. [12]
    "U-Net takes on extra staff".
  13. [13]
    "Internet Central | 1000Mb/S Leased Lines | UK Provider". 14 May 2021.
  14. [14]
    http://www.powergroup.co.uk/
  15. [15]
    http://www.comms-dealer.com/industry-news/timico-acquires-powernet/
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    https://Simwood.com
  17. [17]
    "International Capabilities, Claranet UK". Claranet. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  18. [18]
    "About Elite, Elite Limited". Elite Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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