APEX Internet inactive
Canberra dialup + hosting ISP (self-styled the ACT's second oldest locally owned national ISP); acquired ORAC 2001, renamed Apex Telecom ~Nov 2011, sold to NetSpeed Communications Jun 2012 (APEX TELECOM PTY. LTD., ACN 152 018 436).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| APEX Internet | 1997 |
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1997 approx | Apex Internet operating since 1997 (self-described as Canberra's second oldest locally owned/operated national ISP); at 6 Lonsdale St, Braddon ACT; CEO George Michalis; earliest capture 5 Dec 1998. | archive |
| death | Jun 2012 | Sold to NetSpeed Communications (June 2012); ultimate holding Velocity Internet. |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | NetEffect Internet | 100% NetEffect (Canberra customers absorbed by APEX Internet; circumstantial technical evidence (effect.net.au resolved to APEX branding; effectmx.apex.net.au in Apex's netblock. No explicit announcement found; 2004 timing approximate. |
by Oct 2000 | community community archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | ORAC Global Internet | 100% ORAC Global Internet folded into APEX Internet — APEX branding on orac.net.au by May 2001. (APEX was Canberra ACT, not WA.. between Feb and Mar 2001. |
by May 2001 | archive archive archive |
| outgoing | rename | Apex Telecom | renamed APEX Internet renamed Apex Telecom (~Nov 2011. |
Nov 2011 | news |
References
- APEX (Wayback 2011) [archive] Wayback
- ABR: APEX TELECOM PTY. LTD. ACN 152 018 436 [gov] Wayback