Positive Internet

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The Positive Internet Company Ltd.

Type	Private Limited
Founded	1998
Headquarters	London, England
Key people	Nicholas Mailer, Joachim Jellinek, Tom Cordiner
Industry	Internet & Communications
Services	Web hosting
Website	http://positive-internet.com/

The Positive Internet Company Ltd is a Web hosting service provider in the United Kingdom. It was the first UK LAMP only hosting company, starting on 18 November 1998 and is known for its distinctive giraffe branded logo and its slogan: "We're good".

Initially providing only shared web hosting, Positive Internet has grown its portolio of services to include dedicated and managed Linux servers. It won the Best Linux/Open Source ISP/Internet Host at the 2006 Linux and Open Source Awards.^[1]

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In February 2006 Positive Internet hosted the Ricky Gervais Show podcast, which was officially recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the most downloaded show.

The company supports a number of free software projects, including the hosting of a Debian distribution mirror, Richard Stallman's website, and the British Film Institute. In July 2007 they became host to science journalist Ben Goldacre's popular website, Bad Science.^[2]