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Internet Central Limited (ic.uk, formerly ic.net.uk) is a business-focused

ISP based at Keele Science Park in Staffordshire. It was founded in 1995, making

it one of the earlier commercial ISPs in the UK.

What it's used for

• Business connectivity — broadband, Ethernet and leased lines — sold to UK companies, alongside hosting, SIP/hosted telephony and IT security services.
• Reverse DNS across the space is infrastructure-shaped: core routers resolve as w-cr2.ic.net.uk, lx-cr1.ic.net.uk and similar. There are no consumer subscriber pools here.

Notable

• This is a B2B network, not a consumer eyeball ISP. The company states it serves businesses only, and the inventory agrees: a handful of prefixes with router-style naming rather than the large dynamic pools a residential provider would need.
• Internet Central aggregates the access networks of the major UK carriers rather than building last-mile everywhere itself, which is the normal shape for a regional business ISP.

Interesting

• The company holds an individual UK telecoms licence with code powers, allowing it to build its own infrastructure — a meaningful distinction for an ISP of its size, and one it acquired early.