Bigfoot Internet
inactive
National dialup ISP ('100% Australian owned', by 2001; bought Blast & Hotlinks ISPs; 70+ POPs); brand absorbed into Eftel (bigfoot.com.au rebranded to EFTel early 2005) (AFFINITY SUBSCRIBER PTY LTD (FORMERLY BIGFOOT INTERNET PTY LTD), ACN 091 319 167).
Founded in Australia (national).
https://bigfoot.com.au
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|
| Bigfoot Internet |
2001 |
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Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|
| birth |
by 2001
by
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Dialup, 70+ POPs; earliest substantive Wayback capture of bigfoot.com.au 25 Sep 2001 ('Welcome to Bigfoot Internet'). |
|
| death |
c. early 2005
approx
|
Brand absorbed into Eftel: bigfoot.com.au was still Bigfoot-branded ('100% Australian owned') on 9 Jan 2005 but EFTel-branded by 30 Mar 2005. |
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Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|
| outgoing |
acquisition |
Eftel
|
100%
Datafast (later EFTel acquired Bigfoot Internet's business and customer base. |
Nov 2004 |
news
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