Demon Internet Ltd.
<company> One of the first company to provide public Internet access in
the UK.
The staff of Demon Systems Ltd., an established software house, started Demon
Internet on 1992-06-01 and it was the first system in the United Kingdom to
offer low cost full Internet access. It was started with the support of about
100 founder members who discussed the idea on Compulink Information Exchange,
and were brave enough to pay a year's subscription in advance. They aimed to
have 200 members in the first year to cover costs, ignoring any time spent.
After about two weeks they realised they needed nearer 400. By November 1993
they had over 2000 subscribers and by August 1994 they had about 11000 with 20%
per month growth. All revenues have been reinvested in resources and expansion
of service.
Demon link to Sprintlink in the United States making them totally independent.
They peer with EUNet and PIPEX to ensure good connectivity in Great Britain as
well as having links to the JANET/JIPS UK academic network. A direct line into
the Department of Computing, Imperial College, London from their
Central London Point of Presence (PoP) (styx.demon.co.uk) gives access to the
biggest FTP and Archie site in Europe.
Demon provide local call access to a large proportion of the UK. The central
London PoP provides leased line connections at a cheaper rate for those
customers in the central 0171 area. Further lines and PoPs are being added
continuously.
Subscribers get allocated an Internet Address and can choose a hostname within
the demon.co.uk domain. They can have any number of e-mail address at that host.
In October 1994 Demon confirmed a large contract with the major
telecommunications provider Energis. They will supply guaranteed bandwidth to
Demon's 10Mb/s backbone from several cities and towns. Several PoPs will be
phased out and replaced with others during 1995.
E-mail: <internet@demon.net>.
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/.
Home.
Usenet newsgroup: demon.announce.
Telephone: +44 (181) 349 0063.
Address: Demon Internet Ltd., 42 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London N3 1TT, UK.
(1994-11-08)
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