[LINK] Oldest registered .au domain?

[Roger Clarke]

At 19:23 +1100 6/11/06, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>are you sure it was connect.com.au and not connect.net.au?

The company name was connect.com.au.

Like other ISPs at the time, it may have interpreted the intention of 
.net.au as being for ISPs to use (which is the reason I understood 
for the ABC being .net.au).

Here's the entry in Zik Saleeba's 'Network Access in Australia FAQ' 
of 14 Mar 1994 09:35:18, at:
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/zik.faq.9403.html

--------------------------- connect.com.au

Connect.com.au now operate in most capitals. They offer feeds to 
other and support all the major protocols. Interactive accounts are 
not available. Charging for ninety minutes of connect time per day 
would total around $2000 per year.

"Connect.com.au now has hubs in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, 
Adelaide, and Brisbane.  All access to connect.com.au is protocol 
based; we do not offer interactive access.  We currently support the 
protocols: uucp, SL/IP, and PPP.  Access is via intermittent or 
permanent modem or ISDN connections.  We are happy to carry 
interstate traffic over our network as alternative to installing 
point-to-point links around the country.  We also offer limited 
access to the Internet and are willing to act as a mail and news 
gateway."

Email -----> connect at connect.com.au
Fax -------> (03) 528 5887
Voice -----> (1 800) 818-262, (03) 528 2239
Snail -----> 29 Fitzgibbon Crescent, Caulfield Victoria 3161

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