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Host Europe Group
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<p>Host Europe Group (formerly Pipex Communications plc and GX Networks) was an American-owned, European-located <a href="/facts/Web_hosting_service/sDHN29ve">website hosting</a>, <a href="/facts/Email_hosting_service/lPhtSHyW">email</a> and <a href="/facts/Domain_name_registrar/GwozfbFt">domain name registrar</a> company headquartered <a href="/facts/Hayes%2c_Hillingdon/e3k1oUwU">Hayes</a>, <a href="/facts/West_London/ACdeCdb0">West London</a>. Founded as GX Networks in 1997, the company was renamed Pipex Communications plc following its takeover of <a href="/facts/Pipex/akxhKDCe">Pipex</a> in 2003. It reverted to the GX Networks name following its sale of Pipex in 2008 before being renamed Host Europe Group in 2009. It was acquired by American hosting company <a href="/facts/GoDaddy/01LonA2G">GoDaddy</a> in 2017, and as of 2019<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Host_Europe_Group&action=edit">[update]</a> its name was in the process of being phased out. </p>