Demon Internet Ltd, the London-based based company that made its name by linking users to the Internet for a-tenner-a-month has become a full Internet supplier in the UK, with its own leased line to Sprintlink in Washington. It has also become a full member of the Commercial Internet Exchange, enabling it to exchange traffic with other suppliers. This makes it the third Internet provider in the country, alongside Pipex Ltd of Cambridge and UKNet at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Both organisations had previously supplied Demon with its Internet feed. Demon says it will continue to concentrate on original low cost service (UKP12 join fee, UKP10 a month) which provides dial-up direct access to the Internet. Following the official launch last June the company claims 1,500 users with new subscriptions running at over 180 a month. Demon’s new status does mean that it is able to branch out, and consequently is now offering what it calls, tongue in cheek, ‘tunner-a month’ – a reserved V32bis modem link costing UKP750 to set up, with a fixed monthly UKP100 charge. Demon says it also can offer dedicated leased-line feeds.
