Why is Netease named 163?

As early as the establishment of Netease, 163 had the meaning of pointing to the Internet in China, and people who surf the Internet had to dial 163 every day, so they couldn't be more familiar with it. In fact, 163 was synonymous with the Internet at that time. Nowadays, it seems that in the era when the number of netizens is increasing rapidly, the same digital domain name as dial-up Internet access is so precious.

in p>1996, the IP backbone network of China Telecom was renamed ChinaNet, and its nodes gradually covered all provincial capitals in China. Because the pilot number of narrowband dial-up access was 163, it was called 163 network.

In the process of developing Chinese free e-mail, Ding Lei thought that a free e-mail must have a catchy and easy-to-remember domain name, but domestic domain names are too long, especially English letters can't be clearly stated on the phone. However, it was impossible to apply for a good domain name at that time, and even the domain name of their company was almost registered. During that time, "I thought about domain names almost every day, even every minute." One day, he couldn't sleep until 2 o'clock in the morning. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, whether it is easy to remember if a domain name is represented by numbers.

So, Ding Lei got up immediately, searched 163.net and 163.com on the Internet, and found that he had not been registered, so he registered without hesitation. Later, the digital domain names registered in Ding Lei did not include 263 and 188. It should be said that Ding Lei's original idea has brought great convenience to users. At present, the number of users of 163 and 263 has exceeded one million.