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Following is a history of UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs), in order of the date they started trading.

  1. 1990 Pipex
  2. 1992-06-01 Demon Internet
  3. 1993 Pavilion[1] (Sold to Easynet from 1 January 2001, but web sites and e-mail addresses remain extant under the pavilion.net domain)
  4. 1994-10-13 Zetnet[2][3]
  5. 1994 Easynet
  6. 1994 Dungeon Networks
  7. 1995 Flexnet
  8. 1995 Power Internet Ltd
  9. 1995 Zen Internet
  10. 1996 Lumison
  11. 1996 Claranet[4]
  12. 1996-11 Entanet
  13. 1997 Force 9
  14. 1997 Larknet
  15. 1998 Elite Limited[5]
  16. 1998 Freeserve
  17. 1999 Fast24

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/interviews/2009/p_james/p_james.html
  2. ^ Smith, Marvin. "Fishing The Net..." Shetland Fishing News. Archived from the original on 2000-02-26.
  3. ^ "Zetnet Internet Service". PC Home. January 1997. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  4. ^ "International Capabilities, Claranet UK". Claranet. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  5. ^ "About Elite, Elite Limited". Elite Limited. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
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