List of UK ISPs by age
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Following is a history of UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs), in order of the date they started trading.
- 1990 Pipex
- 1992-06-01 Demon InternetDemon InternetDemon Internet is a British Internet Service Provider. It was one of the UK's earliest ISPs, especially targeting the "dialup" audience. It started on 1 June 1992 from an idea posted on CIX by Cliff Stanford of Demon Systems Ltd. The branch in the Netherlands started in 1996, and was sold to KPN...
- 1993 Pavilion (Sold to EasynetEasynetEasynet Global Services are a provider of managed network, hosting and telepresence solutions for businesses and enterprises worldwide.Founded in 1994, Easynet Global Services are part of the Easynet group of companies, along with Easynet Connect and UK Online.It was a part of BSkyB, a FTSE top 50...
from 1st January 2001, but web sites and e-mail addresses remain extant under the pavilion.net domain) - 1994-10-13 ZetnetZetnetZetnet is one of the UK's oldest ISPs and according to a New Scientist article is the brainchild of Ghufar Razaq and Graeme Storey. It was founded in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles by Ghufar Razaq, Graeme Storey, Tim Cole and Paul Martin...
- 1994 EasynetEasynetEasynet Global Services are a provider of managed network, hosting and telepresence solutions for businesses and enterprises worldwide.Founded in 1994, Easynet Global Services are part of the Easynet group of companies, along with Easynet Connect and UK Online.It was a part of BSkyB, a FTSE top 50...
- 1994 Dungeon Networks
- 1995 Flexnet
- 1995 Power Internet Ltd
- 1995 Zen InternetZen InternetZen Internet is an Internet Service Provider based in Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England.-History:Founded in 1995 by Managing Director Richard Tang after a now famous drink in the pub, Zen Internet was one of the first Internet Service Providers in the UK. Zen began by providing Internet...
- 1996 LumisonLumisonLumison is a UK Managed Services Provider based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was known as edNET from 1996 to 2004. They primarily offer fully managed network solutions and hosted products to SMEs...
- 1996 ClaranetClaranetClaranet is an ISP and Managed services provider.Claranet provides network, hosting and managed application services in the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands , Portugal, and Spain...
- 1996-11 EntanetEntanetEntanet International is a British Wholesale ISP and is a member of the Internet Service Providers Association -1996:Entanet is formed as a limited company in November after running as a separate business unit with Enta Technologies since February.-2005:...
- 1997 Larknet
- 1998 FreeserveFreeserveFreeserve was a British Internet Service Provider, founded in 1998. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but merged into the Wanadoo group in 2000, itself a subsidiary of France Telecom...
- 1999 Fast24