AUSOM
inactive
Apple Users' Society of Melbourne, volunteer Mac user group (not a commercial ISP); ran a BBS from ~1994, then its own 'AUSOM Internet' dialup/hosting/FirstClass; handed its 542 ISP users to Labyrinth Connections Oct 1999 (confirmed from email archive); now purely a user group (AUSOM INCORPORATED, ABN 63 929 877 630).
Founded in Melbourne, VIC.
https://ausom.net.au
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
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| birth |
c. 1994
approx
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AUSOM BBS became full-time internet ~1994 (est. as a user group 1982). |
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| death |
Oct 1999
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Handed its 542 ISP users to Labyrinth Connections (Oct 1999). |
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Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
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| outgoing |
acquisition |
Keypoint
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customer base
AUSOM (Apple Users' Society of Melbourne handed its 542 ISP users to Labyrinth Connections after deciding an ISP couldn't be run by volunteers. |
Oct 1999 |
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