List of United Kingdom ISPs by age


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

United Kingdom ISPs by age

  1. 1985-6 GreenNet
  2. 1990 Pipex
  3. 1992-01-28 GEN
  4. 1992-06-01 Demon Internet
  5. 1992 ExNet Initially as 'HelpEx' service
  6. 1993 EUnet GB
  7. 1992 NTL
  8. 1993 Dungeon Network Systems - Rebranded as Flexnet in 1996
  9. 1993 Pavilion
  10. 1994 Bogomip
  11. 1994-10-13 Zetnet
  12. 1994 Easynet
  13. 1994 U-NET
  14. 1995 Mailbox Internet
  15. 1995 Netdirect
  16. 1995 Internet Central
  17. 1995 Anglianet
  18. 1995 Power Internet Ltd, now part of the Timico Technology Group
  19. 1995 Unipalm-Pipex
  20. 1995 Zen Internet
  21. 1996 Direct Connection
  22. 1996 Metronet
  23. 1996 Lumison
  24. 1996 Simwood
  25. 1996 Claranet
  26. 1996-11 Entanet
  27. 1997 Force 9
  28. 1998 Larknet
  29. 1998 Freecom
  30. 1998 Elite Limited
  31. 1998 Freeserve