I thought perhaps it would be good to start a thread, where various hosting companies could state when they actually began trading as a company. That could serve as an interesting frame of reference for other members, and provide invaluable information for others to use.

Anyway, who's game? Company name, date trading began?

hmmm, well ive been in the hosting business........god i can't remember its been so long since i started.
Let me think...........
Nope........

OH YEAH!!!!!

was last month :D

October 1998 (2 years prior in hardware).

Time flies when you're having fun. :)

Gary

FatCow has also been serving clients since 1998.

FutureQuest began its venture in January of 1998. Our first 'real client' was setup on June 11th 1998.

We've been having a blast every since! :D

when you say "REAL" client, so your saying you set up imaginery accounts to make yourselves feel better so it felt like you did have customers. :D (joke)

anyway I think i might start doing that soon. :(

HTTPme.com officially commenced procedings for world domination on Dec 2001. So far, so good. :gthumb:

I first got into hosting in 93-94 using a host who is still around now :D
That never opened to public, and I got out of this to do consulting for fortune 500 compaines (server support (windows/os2))

I then got back into this in 3-2001 and went on learning and reading up etc etc...

I officially opened my current hosting venture in oct 2002 and doin great ;)

In business since August, 1994. Managed services and hosting (private contracts) since some time in 2000. Public hosting since January 2003.

Hosting Matters was started on May 1, 2000 and had three real clients (as opposed to our company/personal stuff) the same day. Coming up on three years next week....what a ride.

PrestigeTechnologies.com opened its doors 1 year ago.

We have been in the business for 4 years, and then decided to venture on our own. We are enjoying the ride.

4 months almost 5

Well gee wiz... if we're going pre-current biz name then we started reselling hosting and designing/programming web sites back in 1995 - Prior to that I was just an end user and hubby was a security guru...gosh that seems like forever ago!

September 1995 began web hosting, February 1996 Incorporated formally. :)

- John C.

A little over one year now :)

Well, we opened our doors last month. But we use a copyright date of 1994 on our website to lie and fool customers. Does that count?


:)

SuckAssHost has been in operation since July of 1946. Of course, our primary business was reselling used pencils until last tuesday, when we expanded our operation to include hosting. We are now an industry leader, setting the bar for other hosting companies such as Interland and Verio.

Greetings:

Dynamic Net, Inc. -- Originally started as PMP Computer Solutions in June 1995, started providing business Internet services in September 1996, incorporated as Dynamic Neet, Inc. in PA on January 21, 1998.

Thank you.

AlteraHosting has been in business for 8 months and it's been great! I hope it stays that way for another 10-15 years :)

We began in December, 2002.

We're new, but experienced. Personally, I ran an ISP before running WebSpaceFusion and my co-workers have experience with web hosting servers.

WebXess, Inc. (Webii's "Mommy") was established in 1996. Doing great with zero debt ever since :)

Spring of 2000. I was a web developer at a big ISP for 5 years prior to that. :)

Originally posted by UmBillyCord
Well, we opened our doors last month. But we use a copyright date of 1994 on our website to lie and fool customers. Does that count?
SOP there, Bill. :D

We started back in Nov - Dec 1996 with USAWebsite. We brached off and started our own, Cyber World Internet Services, Inc (cwiservices.com) in June 1997, and then finally changed our domain to cyberworldhost.com in August 2000 and now operate as Cyber World, Inc.

Since September 2001. Just passed 1.5 years last month and going strong. :)

Started out hosting family and friends in July 1999.

Officially launched everything 2 years later (July 2001).

:)

***************** has been running for about 3 months after a change from OneRack.com which has been running for 1.5+ years.

UK Web.Solutions Direct has been in business a touch over 2 years :)

Originally posted by HVNet
***************** has been running for about 3 months after a change from OneRack.com which has been running for 1.5+ years.

What a shame - blacklisted aleady! :D