Linear G active
Lismore/Northern Rivers NSW ISP + web design/hosting (service from Jan 2000); bought Nornet (1999) and NRG, OMCS and Big River Internet (~2001), folding each brand into Linear G through 2009-18; still active (operated by MODULUX PTY LTD, ACN 108 797 566).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Linear G | Jan 2000 |
Aliases
- LinearG
- Linear G Internet
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | Jan 2000 approx | Internet service began Jan 2000 (site self-description); Lismore ISP + web design/hosting, also web host for local businesses. Earliest Wayback capture 25 Oct 2000. | official archive |
| note | c. 2004 approx | Current operating company is Modulux Pty Ltd (ACN 108 797 566 / ABN 30 108 797 566), first registered with ASIC c. 2004, which trades as Linear G and is an APNIC member holding the group's address space. An earlier legal vehicle ran the brand 2000-04. | gov |
| note | c. 2009 approx | Folded the other brands of the Modulux/Nornet group into the Linear G brand as their websites were retired: NRG Internet (nrg.com.au to nor.com.au from Jan 2009), OMCS, Gold Coast (omcs.com.au to nor.com.au by 2009), Nornet (nor.com.au to linearg.com from Dec 2014) and Big River Internet (bri.net.au to linearg.com from Dec 2018). The site states 'Since 2010 Linear G has incorporated four other Northern Rivers Internet Service Providers, Nornet, Big River Internet, OMCS, and NRG Internet'; a 'Nornet Usage' billing portal remains. | official |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | Nornet | 100% Nornet sold during 1999 by Norsearch Ltd (wholly owned by Southern Cross University to a Lismore consortium that ran the Linear G group (later incorporated as Modulux Pty Ltd; Nornet kept its own brand until nor.com.au was folded into linearg.com (Dec 2014. |
1999 | official archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Big River Internet | 100% Big River Internet (Grafton joined the Nornet/Linear G group (Nornet's site says Modulux had BRI under its umbrella since 2001; kept trading under its own brand until bri.net.au was folded into linearg.com (Dec 2018. |
since 2001 | archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Northern Rivers Gateway | 100% Northern Rivers Gateway (NRG, later NRG Internet joined the Nornet/Linear G group (Nornet's site says Modulux had NRG under its umbrella since 2001; the NRG Internet brand kept trading until nrg.com.au redirected to nor.com.au (Jan 2009, reaching linearg.com with Nornet's Dec 2014 fold. |
since 2001 | archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | OMCS | 100% OMCS (Gold Coast joined the Nornet/Linear G group (Nornet's site says Modulux had OMCS under its umbrella since 2001; kept trading until omcs.com.au redirected to nor.com.au (c. 2009, reaching linearg.com with Nornet's Dec 2014 fold. |
since 2001 | archive archive |
References
- LinearG homepage [official] Wayback