Nornet inactive

Lismore/Northern Rivers NSW regional dialup + hosting + local directories ISP (nor.com.au live by Nov 1995); run by Norsearch Ltd, the company wholly owned by Southern Cross University, until sold 1999 to the Linear G group; brand folded into LinearG Dec 2014 (ABN 57 003 082 406).

Founded in Lismore, NSW. https://nor.com.au

Name history

Name	From	To
Nornet	Nov 1995	Dec 2014

Lifecycle

Kind	Date	Details	Refs
birth	Nov 1995 approx	Regional dialup ISP + local directories (Clarence/Richmond/Tweed etc.); nor.com.au homepage counter 'Accessed ... times since 24-Nov-1995'. In the 1997 IP index as NORNET-AU (203.15.154.0/24), NORNET1-AU (203.29.213.0/24) and NORNET2-AU (203.35.123.0/24), registered to 'Norsearch (trading as NORNET)' c/- Southern Cross University, Lismore.	archive archive archive archive
note	1999	Owned by Norsearch Ltd, the company wholly owned by Southern Cross University; NORNET ran in Norsearch's Communications Division (with the printery and SCU Press). Sold by Norsearch during 1999 to a local consortium that ran the Linear G group (later incorporated as Modulux Pty Ltd), and continued operating under its own name.	official
death	Dec 2014	Brand folded into Linear G; nor.com.au first archived redirecting to linearg.com 18 Dec 2014.	archive

Transitions

Direction	Type	Other party	Arm / notes	Year	Refs
outgoing	acquisition	Linear G	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

References

LinearG homepage - began Internet services Jan 2000; 'Since 2010 Linear G has incorporated ... Nornet, Big River Internet, OMCS, and NRG Internet' [official] Wayback
ABR: NORSEARCH LTD ACN 003 082 406 [gov] Wayback

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