Just trying to recall all the old ISPs etc. Including rebrands and mergers etc....I can think of;
Vodafone
Telstra
Clear
Paradise
Bell South
Sytec
Zfree
Who have I forgotten?
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ihug and WorldXchange come to mind.
Ihug
WorldXchange
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Oh yep, forgot about Ihug. Had no idea about WorldXchange
Saturn ( the original developers of the eventual HFC network)
Farmside. It's in the name of this forum :)
Kraven:
Farmside. It's in the name of this forum :)
I just thought they were a provider that used the One.NZ network but not actually a part of the same company?
wellygary:
Saturn ( the original developers of the eventual HFC network)
How could I forget about them? The HFC\Cable box on the side of my house has their name on it lol
wellygary:
Saturn ( the original developers of the eventual HFC network)
Wasn't that Kiwi Cable?
Edit: additional brands that came from ihug Wave Internet, PC Connect, ES Net
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Andib:
wellygary:
Saturn ( the original developers of the eventual HFC network)
Wasn't that Kiwi Cable?
https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?topicid=214522
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Andib:
Edit: additional brands that came from ihug Wave Internet, PC Connect, ES Net
Wave was our first "real" ISP (after a couple of 1-month trials of others), probably 1995-1999 or so. I think we had 30 hours/month so that was plenty of time to start exploring :)
Edit: Oof. The 90s really were a different time!
Zfree . It was huge, it was why you could never get hold of people on the phone.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0004/S00096/zfree-the-internet-is-free.htm
Common sense is not as common as you think.
Free Internet? Surely not. It sounds illegal, and I think someone should start a court case over it.
I seem to recall ZFree being a response to i4Free. That brings back some memories!
My first "ISP" (and I use the term loosely) was Citynet
If you haven't read it before downtothewire is a pretty cool bit of history.
I'm a geek, a gamer, a dad, a Quic user, and an IT Professional. I have a full rack home lab, size 15 feet, an epic beard and Asperger's. I'm a bit of a Cypherpunk, who believes information wants to be free and the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. If you use my Quic signup you can also use the code R570394EKGIZ8 for free setup. Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.
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