PSInet (Perth) inactive

Perth computer support/sales company founded 1992 by Mark Siena; grew into the 5th ISP in Perth (20+ staff, network design, web creation, database work). Sold its ISP operations to iiNet c.1999 during iiNet's post-IPO Perth consolidation; the remaining business continued as Digital Ventures. Unrelated to US carrier PSINet/PSINet Australia (The Trustee for DIGITAL VENTURES UNIT TRUST (formerly PSINET UNIT TRUST), ABN 71 286 296 831). Related record: infinite-data — same Siena trust in its post-iiNet-sale phase.

Founded in Perth, WA.

Name history

Name	From	To
PSInet (Perth)	Jan 1992

Aliases

Digital Ventures

Lifecycle

Kind	Date	Details	Refs
birth	Jan 1992 approx	Started by Mark Siena as a sole-operation computer support and sales company; expanded to become the 5th internet service and provisioning company in Perth, eventually employing over 20 staff across network design/implementation, web creation, database design and programming.	official
death	c. 1999 approx	ISP portion of the company sold to iiNet (founder record). Exact date not published; timing inferred from iiNet's post-IPO Perth consolidation immediately after its Sept 1999 listing (Wantree, Omen Internet, Networx, Nettrek, Infinite Data et al.) - iiNet's own history page does not name PSInet explicitly among those acquisitions. The remaining non-ISP business continued as Digital Ventures (Siena plus two partners) until at least Jan 2003. The c.1999 acquisition death stands with hard evidence, with one refinement: PSInet (Perth) had rebranded to Infinite Data by Dec 1997 (its own homepage), and it was Infinite Data that iiNet acquired in late 1999 per iiNet's official history - the domain then lay parked by 2007.	official official wayback-replay wayback-replay wayback-replay

Transitions

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