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| birth |
by 23 Dec 1996
by
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Existing by 23 Dec 1996: rpi.net.au captured by the Wayback Machine — 'RP Internet Services is an Internet Service Provider, based in Sydney, Australia' (© 1996), announcing a $30 flat-rate dial-up service, connect.com.au uplink 'Must Proxy' configuration, remote support, Kali gaming, a Tucows mirror and a file area. Also in the 1997 IP Network Index: RPINTERNETSERVI-AU 203.41.12.0-203.41.15.255 (Glendenning NSW). |
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| note |
3 Jan 1999
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Operator identity and dial-up operations confirmed: Rob Thomas (rob@rpi.net.au), signing as 'RP Internet Services', posted a Bugtraq advisory on an ACC 'Tigris' access terminal server vulnerability (3 Jan 1999), describing his dial-up network (dial-in numbers, RADIUS authentication servers, IP ranges). XSI (Australian Tigris distributor) correspondence is cc'd to rob@rpi.net.au. |
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| death |
c. Aug-Sep 2001
approx
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Ceased operating. |
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| note |
c. Mar 2014 (BGP snapshot)
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AS9449 'RPI-AS-AP RP Internet Services, 2 Della Place, Glendenning NSW 2761' listed in the AS1221 (Telstra) BGP table analysis (potaroo.net/as1221/asn.txt). The snapshot is dated by its ASN ceiling: the highest ASN present is AS26589, registered to NYSERDA on 18 Mar 2014 (shown under its earlier 'Wimberley Timeline Internet' name), so the file is no later than c. Mar 2014. The ASN was later transferred to Rob Thomas's subsequent venture: APNIC now registers AS9449 to QLD VoIP Services / Why Pay More 4 Less Pty Ltd (1 Grayson St, West Gladstone QLD, rob@qldvoip.com.au; object registered 15 Jan 2021). The 'RP IT Solutions' (Clyde North VIC) search-engine association is unrelated. |
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