eAccess Ltd. was founded in 1999 and merged with Japanese ISP ACCA Networks Co., Ltd. in 2009. eAccess Ltd. (not to be confused with Cubic Corp.'s eAccess LLC) provides wholesale ADSL services to other Internet service providers in Japan. The company leases NTT phone lines (ADSL relies on copper wire phone lines to transmit data) and partners with about 30 ISPs, including AOL, KDDI, and SOFTBANK, for broadband services. Its device business unit develops fixed mobile convergence (FMC) applications to allow cell phones to switch between mobile and fixed-line telecommunications. Subsidiary EMOBILE, which launched service in 2008, provides broadband cell phone service.

Started by Michael Kinsley in 1996, Slate Magazine is owned by The Washington Post. In 2008 the magazine became part of The Washington Post's newly created Slate Group. If you find mainstream journalism a dull, cold world, you might try this online publication. Slate Magazine operates a popular Web site offering news and commentary slightly skewed for hip and erudite readers. The Internet magazine covers the arts, business, politics, sports, travel, and technology and attracts an audience of about 5 million people. The Web site is supported through advertising and sponsorships.

PlusNet is looking for people who want to add more data to their lives. Founded in 1996, PlusNet company provides Internet access services to more than 200,000 residential and business customers in the UK, with about half of those signed up for broadband service. Other services include voice-over IP telephony and wireless broadband. Sales are made through various brands including PlusNet, Force9, and Free-Online. PlusNet plc is a subsidiary of BT Group.

Shopzilla was founded in 1996 by entrepreneurs Farhad Mohit and Henri Asseily, and David Reibstein, former vice dean of The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. Shopzilla is a subsidiary of Scripps Network Interactive. No need to fear Shopzilla. It's not a monster, but a shopping search engine that lists more than 80 million products from tens of thousands of retailers. Shopzilla offers clothes, electronics, and other consumer items to more than 40 million shoppers through a variety of websites and brands, including bizrate, Shopzilla, and beso in the US; Shopzilla.co.uk and bizrate.co.uk in the UK; Shopzilla.fr and PrixMoinsCher.fr in France; and Shopzilla.de and SparDeinGeld.de in Germany.

Alternet Systems, Inc. provides telecom services; education/healthcare application software and content solutions; and mobile transaction services to customers primarily in Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean. It designs and sells proprietary software and hardware systems, known as ‘SchoolWeb’ and ‘CommunityWeb’, which provide high speed Internet access to schools and rural communities; and provides Voice over Internet Protocol services. The company offers a portfolio of solutions for government, business, schools, hospitals, and residents. It also focuses on its electronic transaction products, targeting various industries, such as telecom, financial, utilities, and transportation sectors. Alternet Systems was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

ServiceMagic helps you hire residential contractors with the click of a mouse -- presto! The company operates an online marketplace where homeowners can find information about qualified contractors and service professionals in their area and post projects and service requests for contractors to bid on. The company fields requests for services in more than 700 categories, including bathroom remodeling, locksmiths, and handymen. It has more than 70,000 pre-screened businesses, many of which are rated by customers, that pay fees for leads received as a result of the service. Co-Chairmen and former CEOs Michael Beaudoin and Rodney Rice started ServiceMagic in 1998. It was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2004.

UpMyStreet's services are available via the Web, wireless devices, and digital TV. uSwitch, which operates a Web site that offers consumers free comparisons of utility rates and fees, acquired UpMyStreet.com in 2003. Do you know what's going on up your street? If you live anywhere in the UK, the odds are good that UpMyStreet.com knows. The Web site offers neighborhood profiles, demographics, crime reports, property prices, job openings, classified advertisements, services availability and other local information for specific postal codes in the UK.

Fasthosts Internet is a division of Germany-based United Internet. Fasthosts Internet wants businesses to entertain customers fast. Fasthosts Internet Ltd. company offers Web hosting services and low-cost broadband Internet access to businesses, individuals, and resellers. Fasthosts automates its services using an online control panel that allows customers to set up and manage their accounts, including adding and managing domain names. Fasthosts Internet Ltd. company was founded in 1999 when schoolmates Andrew Michael and Alex Wilding could not find a suitable hosting service for a project Web site they were designing. Andrew Michael was succeeded as CEO in 2009 by Andy Burton, the former CEO of Centennial Software.

White Buffalo Ventures creates online dating services for third party customers consisting of common interest groups, primarily universities. White Buffalo Ventures has created singles sites for schools such as Ohio State University, Michigan State University, and The University of Wisconsin. Other properties include RunningSingles.com, TattooedSingles, and ASLSingles.com (for the American Sign Language community). White Buffalo Ventures offers its products and services as a turnkey solution, it can have customized branded Web site launched within two weeks of an agreement. White Buffalo was founded by CEO Brad Armstrong.

ViewCast.com, Inc., doing business as ViewCast Corporation, develops industry hardware and software for the transformation and delivery of digital media over Internet protocol and mobile networks worldwide. ViewCast.com company’s products include Osprey Video line of capture cards for video acquisition/capture/streaming; Niagara Streaming Systems and Software for live video streaming; SimulStream and Niagara SCX software; and ViewCast Media Platform (VMp) Software, which develops software solutions to manage and automate media from production to scheduling, editing, processing, and content distribution. In addition, it provides professional services and support services, as well as installation, service, and maintenance services. ViewCast.com serves broadcasters and narrowcasters; federal, state, and local governments; small, medium, and large enterprises; mobile and wireline carriers; content delivery networks; and digital signage integrators. ViewCast.com, Inc. markets and sells its products and professional services through directly to end-users or through original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, resellers, distributors, and computer system integrators. ViewCast.com was formerly known as MultiMedia Access Corporation and changed its name to ViewCast.com, Inc. in April 1999. ViewCast.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

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