PSINet
Built first civilian backbone (NSFNET) Founded first regional network (NYSERNET) Co-founder of FARNET First in Japan with dedicated ISP facilities First foreign telecom company to operate in Korea
Founders co-authored Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) First ISP to offer large-scale white pages service (x.500) First to collocate with interexchange carrier POPs First to use T1 in network First to use ATM/frame relay architecture First to use ISDN First to use cable TV systems First ISP to design and use automatic online registration First to offer three-continent WWW mirroring First to use SMDS - Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) nationwide First ISP to be ISDN-compatible system-wide First ISP to fully integrate Windows 95 First 100% uptime guarantee for Web hosting services First Tier 1 backbone ISP to offer free peering