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Netspeed inactive

Canberra ISP founded c.1994; acquired Velocity Internet (2010) and Apex Telecom (2012); both NetSpeed and Velocity traded under ByteCard Pty Ltd. Retired from retail internet c.Jan 2024; website reduced to webmail-only while sibling brand Velocity continued.

Founded in Canberra, ACT. https://www.netspeed.com.au

Name history

NameFromTo
Netspeed c. 1994

Lifecycle

KindDateDetailsRefs
birth c. 1994 approx NetSpeed Communications established in Canberra. Legal entity later operated as ByteCard Pty Ltd (ACN 052 315 812); trading name 'Netspeed Internet Communications' registered Sep 2005.
death between 17 Sep and 15 Oct 2024 approx Retail netspeed.com.au live 17 Sep 2024; replaced by a webmail-only portal by 15 Oct 2024 (Wayback captures). Earlier 'by 30 Jan 2024' was mis-dated (capture misread). archive archive gov archive archive archive news

Transitions

DirectionTypeOther partyArm / notesYearRefs
outgoing acquisition Velocity Internet Holdings NetSpeed acquired Velocity Internet (announced Nov 2010, after two months of negotiations, adding ~5,000 broadband subscribers (~1/10th of NetSpeed's base. Both brands initially continued under Velocity Internet Holdings Pty Ltd. [Earlier record framed this as a merger into holdings; iTnews reporting confirms acquisition by NetSpeed.]. Nov 2010 news official
incoming acquisition Apex Telecom 100%
Apex Telecom sold to NetSpeed Communications (June 2012; ultimate holding Velocity Internet.
Jun 2012 news
outgoing merger Velocity Internet NetSpeed brand retired into sibling brand Velocity Internet; both were trading names of the same legal entity, ByteCard Pty Ltd (ABN 49 052 315 812. Evidence is archaeological: between 22 Dec 2023 and 30 Jan 2024 netspeed.com.au became a webmail-only portal with retail navigation removed; CIS directory subsequently 404; velocity.net.au continued trading afterwards. No public announcement of a formal customer transfer was found. c. early Oct 2024 archive archive forum archive archive news

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