Australian ISP Family Tree

Byron Network Services inactive

Adelaide dialup ISP (bns.com.au) founded 1994 by John Lindsay; began as an APANA node, became commercial via a Camtech (Adelaide University) link; customers folded into iiNet SA 1996.

Founded in Adelaide, SA. https://bns.com.au

Name history

Name	From	To
Byron Network Services	1994	1996

Lifecycle

Kind	Date	Details	Refs
birth	1994	Founded 1994 in Adelaide by John Lindsay; began as part of APANA (hobby), became commercial ISP bns.com.au with a link to the Internet via Camtech (Adelaide University); 30 modems at home, SLIP and PPP access. Owner: John Lindsay, per its own site.
note	1996	By 1996 the ISP had become too big to be a hobby; customers were folded into iiNet SA (co-founded by John Lindsay, who brought his BNS customers). Some early customers/staff (e.g. Kerrin Pine) went on to iiNet SA, Chariot and Internode. bns.com.au continued as John Lindsay's personal site.
death	1996	ISP operation wound down; customers folded into iiNet SA.

Transitions

Direction	Type	Other party	Arm / notes	Year	Refs
outgoing	split	iiNet	100% — BNS customers folded into iiNet SA Byron Network Services (Adelaide, John Lindsay wound down as an ISP; customers folded into iiNet SA (opened Jun 1996.	1996	official

References

BNS (Wayback 3 Jan 1997) [archive] Wayback
BNS (Wayback 12 Dec 1998) [archive] Wayback
LinkedIn: John Lindsay — Founder, Byron Network Services (1994–1996) [official] Wayback
Own site names owner John Lindsay; users folded into iiNet ~1997/98. Pre-ABN hobby operation. [archive] Wayback