Zen Internet

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Zen Internet Ltd

Type	Limited
Founded	(1995)
Headquarters	Rochdale, UK
Key people	Richard Tang (Managing Director) Iain Johnstone (Sales & Communications Manager)
Industry	Internet
Products	Internet Services
Employees	209 (Feb 2006)
Website	http://www.zen.co.uk

Zen Internet is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in Rochdale in the UK.

[edit] History

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Founded in 1995 by Managing Director Richard Tang, Zen Internet was one of the first Internet Service Providers in the UK. Zen began by providing Internet access to schools and small businesses in the Rochdale area. It has since moved from 2 employees in 1995 to 209 at the start of 2006 and in 2004 achieved an annual turnover of £14.2 million along with a customer base of more than 53,000 broadband users nationwide. The company now provides a full range of services to Internet users, from DSL broadband Internet access and hosting packages to Web site design and e-commerce solutions.

[edit] Technology

Zen are well known for high investment into their resilient and extensive core network^{[citation needed]}. Powered by Redback, Foundry, Juniper and Cisco hardware the Zen core network spans over 5 POPs, two in their home town of Rochdale, Telecity in Manchester, Telehouse in London, and recently expanding into the US at TelX in New York connected via an STM-16 trans-Atlantic link provided by Hibernia Atlantic [1].

They are a member of the major UK peering points including LINX, LoNAP, ManNAP and in New York they are members of NYIIX and PAIX. In 2005 they unbundled the Rochdale, Bury, Oldham and Blackfriars exchanges to provide an LLU service to local residents and Businesses; they are also working with the BBC to provide access to the BBC's multicast broadcasting trials [2].