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 CompulinkInformation 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: [email protected].

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Telephone: [phone].

Address: Demon Internet Ltd., 42 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London

N3 1TT, UK.

(1994-11-08)