PIPEX Communications PLC is an
Internet Service Provider in the
United Kingdom. It was established in
1991, originating from Unipalm , a software reseller, as the first commercial ISP in Britain. It initially operated with a 64k transatlantic leased line to
UUNET. One of its first customers was
Demon Internet. Later it merged with UUNET to form
UUNET PIPEX and the Unipalm business was sold. UUNET PIPEX was taken over by Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS) which in turn was bought by
Worldcom.
Some time later the UUNET name was revived and PIPEX was separated to become again a stand-alone company, owned by David Rickards and his family. It was announced in October 2003 that it will be purchased by GX Networks plc., for £55 million. GX Networks renamed itself to Pipex Communications plc to preserve the brand.
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