<s>
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
was	O
an	O
early	O
international	O
on-line	O
services	O
network	B-Architecture
built	O
using	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
software	O
developed	O
in	O
Germany	O
by	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
Systems	O
GmbH	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
completed	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
networks	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
on-line	O
services	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
early	O
to	O
market	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
innovations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
"	O
mailbox	O
"	O
systems	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
had	O
a	O
user-friendly	O
command	O
interface	O
and	O
made	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
distributed	O
processing	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
became	O
an	O
important	O
force	O
in	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
within	O
15	O
months	O
of	O
introducing	O
its	O
first	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
1986	O
had	O
an	O
installed	O
base	O
of	O
some	O
25	O
systems	O
in	O
8	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
systems	O
had	O
been	O
established	O
in	O
Austria	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Guatemala	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Luxembourg	O
,	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Portugal	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
USA	O
and	O
USSR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
systems	O
were	O
strongly	O
interconnected	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	O
pre-X.400	O
protocol	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
InterMail	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
so-called	O
"	O
GeoMail	O
"	O
network	B-Architecture
constituted	O
a	O
worldwide	O
“	O
private	O
domain	O
”	O
,	O
later	O
interconnected	O
with	O
other	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
domains	O
through	O
X.400	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
software	O
ran	O
under	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
on	O
DEC	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
operated	O
centralised	O
system	O
monitoring	O
and	O
maintenance	O
from	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
innovative	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
systems	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Unified	O
database	O
front	O
end	O
:	O
the	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
philosophy	O
was	O
to	O
offer	O
users	O
a	O
"	O
one-stop-shop	O
"	O
for	O
on-line	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unified	O
messaging	O
:	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
systems	O
to	O
offer	O
"	O
unified	O
messaging	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
term	O
introduced	O
by	O
Ovum	O
Ltd	O
.	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
one-stop-shop	O
"	O
metaphor	O
was	O
extended	O
by	O
allowing	O
message	O
exchange	O
with	O
fax	O
,	O
telex	B-Application
,	O
teletex	O
,	O
SMS	B-Device
,	O
pager	B-Application
,	O
voice	O
and	O
Inmarsat-C	O
.	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
systems	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
fax-out	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
systems	O
to	O
offer	O
private	O
fax-in	O
numbers	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
send	O
and	O
receive	O
faxes	O
from	O
wherever	O
they	O
could	O
get	O
a	O
connection	O
to	O
their	O
mailbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forerunner	O
of	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
:	O
users	O
could	O
"	O
chat	O
"	O
live	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK	O
systems	O
GEO2	O
and	O
MCR1	O
were	O
run	O
by	O
Poptel	O
which	O
aimed	O
its	O
services	O
at	O
non-commercial	O
organisations	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
distinctive	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
addressing	O
format	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Computer	O
Access	O
(	O
originally	O
Hackney	O
Computer	O
Access	O
)	O
*	O
[	O
see	O
]	O
created	O
the	O
Hackney	O
HOST	O
using	O
the	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
technology	O
,	O
using	O
this	O
to	O
tackle	O
digital	O
exclusion	O
within	O
East	O
London	O
and	O
the	O
Lea	O
Valley	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
aegis	O
of	O
City	O
Challenge	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
name	O
is	O
now	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
German	O
Security-ISP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geonet	B-General_Concept
's	O
last	O
hostmaster	O
-	O
Kay-Michael	O
Sonntag	O
from	O
Höxter	O
—	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
website	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
their	O
customer	O
base	O
on	O
21.12.2012	O
together	O
with	O
Arno	O
Witt	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
entrepreneurial	O
community	O
of	O
the	O
Web-Security-Hosting-Services	O
already	O
in	O
October	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
has	O
continued	O
as	O
a	O
department	O
of	O
WE	O
Webdesign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
of	O
GeoNet	B-General_Concept
,	O
especially	O
the	O
mail	O
accounts	O
from	O
geonet.de	O
and	O
geonet.com,	O
which	O
partly	O
existed	O
since	O
the	O
early	O
90s	O
will	O
be	O
strengthened	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
and	O
offered	O
through	O
the	O
WSHS-Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
