Internet Services of Virtual Communities
inactive
Melbourne-based ISP; acquired the AustarMetro customer base (c. 2003, Austar's metro ISP brand descended from Eisa); acquired by iiNet in 2004 (VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES LIMITED, ACN 086 385 346).
Founded in Melbourne, VIC.
virtual.net.au
Name history
| Name | From | To |
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| Internet Services of Virtual Communities |
2004 |
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Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
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| birth |
by 1996
by
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Earliest Wayback capture of virtual.net.au Dec 1996. |
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| note |
c. 2003
approx
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Acquired the AustarMetro customer base (Melbourne, c. 2003) - Austar's metro dialup brand descended from Eisa Limited (eisametro.com.au / eisa.com.au); the base passed to iiNet with the 2004 acquisition (see austarmetro -> virtual-communities -> iinet). |
archive
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| death |
2004
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Acquired by iiNet. |
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Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
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| incoming |
acquisition |
AustarMetro
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AustarMetro customer base transferred to Virtual Communities (Melbourne after Austar wound down its ISP brands; iiNet then bought the AustarMetro customer base from Virtual Communities in 2004 (see virtual-communities -> iinet. austarmetro.com.au had previously been eisametro.com.au and eisa.com.au. |
c. 2003 |
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| outgoing |
acquisition |
iiNet
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100%
Melbourne-based; added ~35,000 customers. |
2004 |
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