Keypoint inactive
Melbourne ISP (Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd, ACN 069 211 678) running labyrinth.net.au from the mid-1990s; consolidated many small ISPs; renamed Key Point Pty Ltd ~2002; acquired by Datafast (later EFTel) late 2003.
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Labyrinth | 1995 | c. 2002 |
| Keypoint | c. 2002 |
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1995 | Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd, Melbourne (ACN 069 211 678; same ACN as later Key Point Pty Ltd). labyrinth.net.au captured by the Wayback Machine from Nov 1996; site presented as 'Labyrinth Connections' through the 1990s. | archive archive |
| note | by 2000 by | Labyrinth took over Nexus Internet Services, Majestic Internet Services, Sprint Online, Southern Internet Services, SkyNet Services, SubNet Internet Services and Webnet Burnie within the prior 24 months (per About Us page). Sprint Online's site described itself as 'a division of Labyrinth Connections' by Feb 2000. Also absorbed Jade Communications Pty Ltd (ACN 071 725 856) ~mid-2000: jade.net.au's footer reverted from Jade's own company details (Level 2, 77 Southbank Blvd, South Melbourne; as late as 4 Mar 2000) to 'C/o Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd ACN 069 211 678, Level 10, 99 Queen St Melbourne 3000, info@labyrinth.net.au' (by 17 Sep 2000); jade.net.au served a Labyrinth-KeyPoint redirection page by 30 Oct 2003. | archive archive archive archive |
| death | late 2003 | Renamed Key Point Pty Ltd c. 2002 (same ACN 069 211 678; ABN 48 069 211 678 cancelled 7 Nov 2017); acquired by Datafast (later EFTel) late 2003. | official |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | AUSOM | 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 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Jade Communications | Jade Communications Pty Ltd (ACN 071 725 856 folded into Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd (ACN 069 211 678 - Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd, which renamed to Key Point Pty Ltd (keypoint c. 2002 ~mid-2000. Primary evidence: jade.net.au footer reverted from Jade's own company (Level 2, 77 Southbank Blvd, South Melbourne - as late as 4 Mar 2000 to 'C/o Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd ACN 069 211 678, Level 10, 99 Queen St Melbourne 3000, info@labyrinth.net.au' (by 17 Sep 2000; jade.net.au served a Labyrinth-KeyPoint redirection page by 30 Oct 2003. Jade left no ABR record, consistent with deregistration at absorption. | c. mid-2000 | archive archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Parergon Technology | 100% Sprint Online (Parergon Technology Pty Ltd, ACN 065 972 107 became a division of Labyrinth Connections; sprint.net.au styled itself 'a division of Labyrinth Connections' by Feb 2000. The Sprint company later inherited the 'Labyrinth Connections Pty Ltd' corporate name (21 Oct 2002 when the group consolidated under Key Point Pty Ltd - the origin of the two same-named entities. |
by Feb 2000 | archive archive official |
| incoming | rename | Southern Internet Services | 100% Southern Internet (southcom.com.au rebranded into the KeyPoint (Geelong group, announced late 2002 (promises same plans/passwords — part of the same Geelong rebrand as WebAXS. |
late 2002 / Jan-Feb 2003 | archive |
| incoming | rename | WebAXS | 100% Geelong group rebrand (same operator — WebAXS's 1997 phone (03 5244 0866 = KeyPoint's Geelong number; customers promised no change to plans/email/passwords. Redirect live by Feb 2003. by 25 Nov 2002. |
late 2002 | archive archive |
| outgoing | acquisition | Eftel | 100% Datafast acquired KeyPoint (with EZ Web and Impaq; Datafast renamed EFTel 2005. renamed Eftel 2005. via Datafast. |
late 2003 | wikipedia |