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ispONE inactive

Melbourne wholesale-only ISP (white-label vISP/ADSL/mobile via OneSolution/iBOSS platform, 150+ ISP customers); collapsed Aug 2013 (~$30M debts), assets to Conec2 (ispONE, ACN 103 220 766).

Founded in Melbourne, VIC. https://ispone.com.au

Name history

NameFromTo
ispONE Dec 2002

Aliases

Lifecycle

KindDateDetailsRefs
birth Dec 2002 Founded by Zac Swindells and Chris Monching - met in a Melbourne bar, $2,000 each; registered Dec 2002, bought a struggling internet company for $16,000 and renamed it ispONE (as Data Consulting Group/Dinkum Internet); Sep 2004 DCG axed retail Dinkum to go wholesale-only. news news news
note Aug 2011 NBN Co certified service provider, claimed first dedicated to wholesale (one of six certified, alongside Telstra, iiNet, iPrimus, Internode, Exetel); 150+ wholesale ISP customers. news
death Aug 2013 Voluntary administration (Ferrier Hodgson; ~$30M debts, Telstra biggest creditor); Telstra cut wholesale supply, stranding Kogan (120k) and Aldi/Medion (130k) users. Assets (29 staff, 61k customers, DSL, iBOSS platform) acquired by Conec2 Sep 2013, excluding debt. news news

Transitions

DirectionTypeOther partyArm / notesYearRefs
outgoing acquisition Conec2 100%
Conec2 Group acquired ispONE assets from Ferrier Hodgson (29 staff, 61,000 customers, DSL, iBOSS platform; debt excluded via AsiaPAC Communications; Aldi Mobile continued, Kogan excluded.		 9 Sep 2013 news

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