Easynet Connect is a UK based Internet service provider

Internet service provider

An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

. The Easynet Connect brand was founded on 7 January 2008 to focus on small-to-medium size companies with 11-249 employees. Easynet Connect’s core focus is as a business ISP, providing internet access

Internet access

Many technologies and service plans for Internet access allow customers to connect to the Internet.Consumer use first became popular through dial-up connections in the 20th century....

 connectivity, hosting

Hosting

Hosting can mean:* To act as the organizer or master of ceremonies for an event.* Self-hosting - software distribution which provides all necessary source code to enable itself to be re-compiled from scratch* Internet hosting service, including:...

 and colocation

Colocation

Colocation is the act of placing multiple entities within a single location.Colocation is often used in the data sourcing industry to mean off-site data storage, usually in a data center. This is very important for businesses since the loss of data can be crucial for companies of any size...

 services to small businesses in the UK. It is headquartered in London, with customer service and hosting centres in London, Milton Keynes and Somerset.

Easynet Connect is the sister company of the consumer-focused ISP, UK Online

UK Online

UK Online was a consumer Internet service provider that operated within the UK, and began as a dial-up provider in 1994. Network provider Easynet acquired the company in 1996....

. Both ISPs take their network heritage from Easynet

Easynet

Easynet Global Services are a provider of managed network, hosting and telepresence solutions for businesses and enterprises worldwide.Founded in 1994, Easynet Global Services are part of the Easynet group of companies, along with Easynet Connect and UK Online.It was a part of BSkyB, a FTSE top 50...

 Group PLC, which was acquired by British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....

 in 2006.
On 21 July 2010, British Sky Broadcasting reached an agreement over the proposed sale of Easynet Global Services, to Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), a leading UK private equity company fully funded by the Lloyds Banking Group.

Network

Easynet was a “pioneer” of LLU (local loop unbundling

Local loop unbundling

Local loop unbundling is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators to use connections from the telephone exchange to the customer's premises...

) in the UK, and was the first to challenge BT in the wholesale broadband market when it launched its 8MB service in 2004. The company claims the 2nd largest core network in the UK (6,030 km of fibre), while the majority of its services are delivered via copper connections in the last mile

Last mile

The "last mile" or "last kilometer" is the final leg of delivering connectivity from a communications provider to a customer. The phrase is therefore often used by the telecommunications and cable television industries. The actual distance of this leg may be considerably more than a mile,...

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