It began with a flash of inspiration in 1995 when Richard Tang (founder and sole shareholder) and his brother Daniel set up Zen Internet as a pilot ISP project using Richard's life savings.
Zen Internet's official launch on 13th October 1995 was marked by a low-key announcement in the local newspaper, the Rochdale Observer. The company had just sold its first dial-up Internet access account and boasted a network capable of supporting up to 6 simultaneous users sharing a whopping 64kbits/sec of 'core network' bandwidth.
Jim Kelly of Alliance Design and Manufacturing Ltd (www.adm.eu.com) was our first customer, with a local 'Interactive Access' dial-up account at £10 per month. We are now providing inter-site IP VPN connectivity solutions for leading companies throughout the country with capacity that would have seemed fantastic in 1995.
Our company, meanwhile, have stayed firmly rooted in Rochdale. It's where Zen Internet started. It's where our heart lies. And still, as always, we put that heart into ensuring we commit to Zen's mission 'to provide the best ISP service in the UK'.