Founded in the UK in 1998 by Lloyd Hamol, a division of a British pharmaceutical company established in 1968, X9 was set up to develop specialised software applications for the Internet, some of which were implemented by Lloyd Hamol's hosting division, which was founded a year later. In 2001, the business was acquired by X9 Holdings who saw a large market for dependable consistently reliable yet low cost web hosting product throughout the UK and the USA and was the first hosting provider to introduce the Mini Virtual Server, the cheapest fully featured production status shared hosting package on the market at the time. In 2004 the operations merged into the trading name X9 Internet. Our philosophy is simple: We won't compete with cheap service providers offering basic no frills service, designed purely to build a large customer base quickly at minimum cost. Instead we provide a reliable quality service with superior support to businesses and individuals seeking dependable web hosting solutions at competitive prices, while building a manageable and exclusive customer base.