MatrixNet

Matrix Information and Directory Services is a pioneer of electronic commerce.

Incorporated in 1990, MIDS is a pioneer of electronic commerce. MIDS started Matrix IQ the first for-pay non-academic periodical distributed over the Internet drew the first maps of the Internet as a whole, conducted the first demographic survey of the Internet, MIDS Internet Average and first monitored the Internet as a whole. MIDS is known as the granddaddy of Internet monitoring service providers. Since 1993 MIDS has been collecting a continuous stream of data in Their Internet Weather Report MIDS Internet Weather Report. Since 1995, MIDS has been displaying IWR data on the web as animated GIF and Java maps of current conditions in the Internet. MIDS makes geographical maps of Internet hosts, hosts per capita, latencies, links, and other aspects of the Internet available.