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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

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  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. 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. 1994-10-13 Zetnet[11][12]
  11. 1994 Easynet
  12. 1994 U-NET[13]
  13. 1995 Mailbox Internet
  14. 1995 Netdirect (NDO, now part of Namesco)
  15. 1995 Internet Central[14]
  16. 1995 Anglianet
  17. 1995 Power Internet Ltd[15] (Powernet), now part of the Timico Technology Group[16]
  18. 1995 Unipalm-Pipex
  19. 1995 Zen Internet
  20. 1996 Lumison
  21. 1996 Simwood[17]
  22. 1996 Claranet[18]
  23. 1996-11 Entanet
  24. 1997 Force 9
  25. 1998 Larknet
  26. 1998 Freecom
  27. 1998 Elite Limited[19]
  28. 1998 Freeserve

See also

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References

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  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. ^ https://lost-contact.mit.edu/afs/nada.kth.se/misc/hacks/sun4x_57/common/texts/services/21
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. ^ Smith, Marvin. "Fishing The Net..." Shetland Fishing News. Archived from the original on 2000-02-26.
  12. ^ "Zetnet Internet Service". PC Home. January 1997. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  13. ^ "U-Net takes on extra staff".
  14. ^ "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. ^ "International Capabilities, Claranet UK". Claranet. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  19. ^ "About Elite, Elite Limited". Elite Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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