List of ISP's
Anonymous
Hello....
Can anyone tell me where i can find a good list of Australian Internet Service Providers
I'm looking for one which gives good details of ISP's in Sydney especially.
Thanks in advance
Ian Harper
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>In article <5ubnlr$s...@basement.replay.com>,
> nob...@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) wrote:
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>>Can anyone tell me where i can find a good list of Australian Internet
>Service Providers
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>>I'm looking for one which gives good details of ISP's in Sydney
>especially.
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I got this from somewhere on the web, provided
by webm...@crac.com.au.
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Internet Service Providers in Australia
AccServe
Contact: Christina Pavlinovich Fx: (03) 747 8152
E-mail: man...@accserve.ppit.com.au
Features: News, FTP services; Access Melbourne via user-friendly menu system
Costs: Monthly - $9 e-mail & News only; e-mail, News, net FTP $13; UUCP Feed $13 (Offline Access)
- monthly charges include first 15 hours connect time and 1.5Mb, thereafter $3/hr and $1.50/Mb. Yearly
- e-mail & News $100; Offline e-mail, News $150; e-mail, News, netFTP $150; UUCP/MHSnet feed
$150 (Offline Access) - yearly charge includes 180 hrs plus 20Mb; thereafter $3/hr and $1.50M/b
ACS-link (Australian Computer Society Inc.)
Ph: (02) 211 5855
Fx: (02) 281 1208
E-mail: in...@acs.org.au
Features: e-mail, conferencing, full range Internet services, ACS Information services (detailed libraries
incl. IT Practitioners Handbook) SLIP, PPP, IRC, Messenger;
Costs: Once only service connection fee of $50 for ACS members only (5 hours peak time usage or 10
hours non-peak usage free of network charges).
Apana Ph: (03) 571 0484
E-mail: propa...@apana.org.au
Features:Composed of numerous autonomous regions with varying services - Adelaide, Brisbane,
Cairns, Canberra, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle (affil.), Darwin, Perth (affil.), Sydney,
Wollongong. (non-profit organisation)
Costs: $20 initial membership fee plus $50 p.a. One dialup line - available to members only.
Contact Warwick Hockley for more details.
Ausnet Services
Contact: (02) 241 5888 Sam; (03) 602 4777 Mike; (07) 831 4777 Barbara; (089) 483 555 Dennis;
(08) 410 4433 Alex; (09) 321 4999 Peter; (06) 247 4955 Chuck
Features: Dialup PPP & SLIP, Full range of Internet services incl. News, e-mail, popmail, Gopher,
FTP, Telnet, WAIS, WWW; Leased line connections available, ISDN, Frame Relay, Point to Point or
dedicated modem dial-up access. Domain name registration and IP address allocation. Local access
available in all mainland capital cities via 131-494. Ausnet Services (incorporating Internetworks Inc. in
the USA) offer a commercial grade service direct overseas and around Australia.
Cost: $40/month; corporate rates by negotiation.
Australia OnLine
Contact: Michael Bethune
Ph: (03) 888 2622 (018) 538 103
Fx: (03) 888 2633
E-mail: in...@ozonline.com.au
Features: News, E-mail, FTP, Telnet, Gopher, Mosaic; Access via SLIP
Cost: Peak $7.80/hour; off-peak, $5/hr. Min. monthly charge $15.60. $1.80/Mb for data in excess of
1Mb (excluding news); Commercial kit for Windows - $360; Economy kit for Macs - SLIP, $50 plus
$10 postage and handling. Registration $95 - varies according to level of tech support. UUCP 30mins/day
$250 setup plus $800 annual plus $1.80/Mb received; UUCP 1hr/day $250 setup plus $1500 annual plus
$1.80/Mb received; Permanent modem 28.8K $300 setup plus $3,000 annual plus $1.50/Mb received;
ISDN 38.4 Kbits Asynchronous $3,000 setup plus $5,000 annual plus $1.50/Mb received.
AUUG
Contact: John Barlow
Ph: (06) 249 2930
E-mail: john....@anu.edu.au
Features: E-mail, news and some locally-cached software sources. Access to Canberra only, Shell,
UUCP. Costs: $90/year membership.
Brisnet
Contact: John Lemon
Ph: (07) 372 5296 (015) 576 698
Fx: (07) 372 8847
E-mail:jo...@ozspace.brisnet.org.au
Features: Service includes e-mail, news, FTP, telnet, WWW, IRC tec. Access S E Qld; Shell, SLIP,
PPP, UUCP. Cost: Six rates from $80 p.a. (e-mail/news); $100 FTP/Telnet/ dialup access; $120/year
for UUCP account option, mail, news; $170 p.a. (SLIP mail/news/IP), each with 2 hr daily free access
time; permanent SLIP sites at $550 p.a (excluding modem).
Camtech
Contact: David Bover/Bruce Linn
Ph: (08) 303 3300
Fx: (08) 303 4403
E-mail: cam...@camtech.com.au
Features: News, E-mail, FTP, Gopher, Mosaic; Shell, SLIP, PPP. 14.4K and 28K dialup and
permanent SLIP options, ISDN. Access Adelaide, Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane;
10Mb/sec link to Internet
Cost: Establishment fee $400 plus $400/year for 5Mb/month, 90min/day with limited support. OR
Establishment fee $400 plus $1,000/year, 5Mb/month with full support.
Commercial Software (CSTPL)
Contact: Robert Chalmers
Ph: (079) 524 395
Fx: (079) 524 032
E-mail: rob...@cstp1.cstpl.com.au
Features: Dialup e-mail, Usenet, FTP, Telnet. Access Brisbane, Mackay, Cairns, Pakistan (Indonesia
soon) via Shell (on-line services), UUCP (dial-up protocol) PPP, SLIP
Cost: Shell - $24/month, $120 on-off connection fee; UUCP - one-off annual low-volume fee $1,000
p.a., or monthly, $240 p.a. maintenance fee; IP - $480 on-off connection fee, $250 quarterly
maintenance fee, one-off annual low-volume fee $1,000 p.a. or monthly; all options attract volume based
traffic fees - Up to $2.44 (Metro) or up to $2.94 (regional) per Mb transferred to your site.
CompuServe Pacific
Contact: Brendan Landsdowne
Ph: (02) 410 4260, 1 800 025 240; 0 800 446 113 (NZ)
Fx: (02) 410 4223
E-mail: 75300...@compuserve.com
Features: e-mail, Usenet, FTP; Telnet by end 1994; WWW Gopher servers in 1st half of 1995; online
access to news wires, electronic forums for computer, professional and lifestyle interests, reference
databases, travel services, entertainment services; access nodes in all mainland capital cities and through
Austpac.
Cost:Monthly fee A$14 plus 37c/min (2400bps) or 49c/min (9600 bps); offpeak - $27c/min (2400bps)
or 39c/min (9600bps); no volume charges. (Contact Compuserve for special complimentary ‘passport’
offer.)
connect.com.au
Contact: Joanne Davis
Ph: (03) 528 2239/1800 818 262
Fx: (03) 528 5887
E-mail: con...@connect.com.au
Features: E-mail, news, FTP, NTP etc; UUCP, SLIP, PPP protocols; from Basic Access (1.5 hrs per
day) to ISDN dialup, semi-permanent ISDN, permanent modem, Domain name registration, IP
addressing, additional support and consulting services; Access in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane,
Adelaide, Canberra.
Cost: Basic Access - $2,200p.a. $300 establishment fee; up to ISDN semi-permanent (64k) 24hr access
$11,000 p.a. plus $4,000 annual fixed bulk traffic charge - establishment fee $5,000.
Corinthian Engineering
Contact: Richard Perini
Ph: (02) 906 4333
Fx: (02) 906 1556
E-mail: r...@cl.com.au
Features: Full IP, MHSnet or UUCP gateway services; hubs available in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide,
Perth, Brisbane, Cairns; Access via dedicated links.
Costs: Once-off setup fee and a flat annual rate based on connection bandwidth; high speed lines have
volume ceiling of 250Mb/week - excess traffic transiting Internet incurs additional charge.
Dialix
Contact: Justin Sullivan
Ph: (02) 948 6995; (041) 111 4388; (09) 244 2433; 1800 642 433;
E-mail: jus...@dialix.oz.au
Features: E-mail, Usenet, FTP, telnet, lrc, talk, finger, rlogin, Gopher, unix system, UUCP; SLIP, PPP
from Nov 94. 24 dialup lines in Perth, 24 in Sydney, 14 in Melbourne, 9 in Adelaide, 4 in Canberra, 3 in
Brisbane (more lines coming soon).
Cost: Charged 1cent/min online plus 1 cent/1,000 bytes for non-DIALIX e-mail & FTP in or out
(AARNet/Internet); prepayment of $10 held in credit.
Headland College
Contact: Robert Hart
Ph: (091) 720 429
Fx: (091) 723 560
E-mail: ha...@headland.edu.au
Features: News, e-mail, dialup SLIP. Free trial to community and business until end 1994 - terminal
access only. SLIP, PPP available early 1995.
HiLink Communications
Contact: Daniel O’Callaghan
Ph: (03) 528 2018 (015) 854 852
Fx: (03) 528 1285
E-mail: In...@hilink.com.au
Features: E-mail, Usenet news, WWW cache, WWW server for customer product catalogues, firewall
consulting. All Windows/Mac interfaces. UUCP, casual, IP, Permanent IP.
Cost: UUCP $95 establishment plus $90 per quarter incl. 15Mb/month mail, 5Mb/day news; plus
$3.00/Mb excess traffic ; IP (SLIP/CSLIP/PPP) ranging from casual ($75 subscription plus hourly and
volume charges) to permanent connections (subscription from $1,500 for medium speed modem to
$4,000 for ISDN single B channel 64kbps; from $650-$1,200 quarterly charge; plus $1.40 per Mb
received Australian traffic; $1.80 all international traffic).
IBM
Ph: 13 24 26
Opening new Internet gateway for users of OS/2 Warp PC operating system in Sydney in November
1994; other cities to follow. Warp includes software for quick, simple registration and connection, online
navigational support, IBM Web Explorer, Gopher and other online services. Total 450 lines will be
accessible through a toll-free number. OS/2 Warp available through major computer retailers, speciality
stores and IBM Direct at a list price of $179; Rates for Internet access via IBM Global Network to be
announced.
iiNET Technologies
Contact: Michael Malone
Ph: (09) 307 1183
Fx: (09) 307 8414
E-mail: iinet.com.au
Features: E-mail, FTP, news, remote login, Mosaic, Telnet, IRC, lynx, WWW, Gopher, Archie.
Members can use SLIP or PPP to connect at no extra cost. Dialup or UUCP for LAN interconnection on
a periodic dialup basis; semi-permanent IP or UUCP for companies connected via a leased line. Access
to Perth Metro area only. 15 access lines.
Cost: Dialup single user - setup cost of $15 and monthly fee of $25. $10 traffic free/month, then $1.50
to $2 per Mb. Western Australian traffic in/out free; traffic to Australian sites free. Semi-permanent -
approx. $600 establishment fee plus approx. $70 per month.
Informed Technology
Contact: Stephen Darragh
Ph: (09) 245 2279
Modem (09) 245 2511
E-mail: ita...@it.com.au
Features: News, e-mail, FTP; SLIP, PPP, Permanent lines available.
Cost: $120/year or $12.50/month.
InterConnect Australia Pty Ltd
Contact: Joanne Davis
Ph: (03) 528 2239/1800 818 262
Fx: (03) 528 5887
E-mail: sa...@interconnect.com.au
Features: E-mail, news, FTP, Telnet, Mosaic, Personal IP (Interactive dialup "Point&Click" Internet
access) and Shell accounts. Standard and Gold Card services. Domain name registration, additional
support services. Access in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra.
Cost: Standard service $95 registration, $20/month (include. first 2 hours per month), $9 per hour.
Internet Access Australia
Contact: Anthony Bodin
Ph: (03) 576 4222
Fx: (03) 563 7854
E-mail: sa...@iaccess.com.au
Features: Full range Internet services plus associated services including training/support/securityetc.;
DialLink SLIP service - includes registered software, manual, 6 hours free access for first month.
Tailor-made packages also available; BusinessLink - e-mail and news or permanent connections up to
ISDN.
Costs: For DialLink - 12.5 cents/min and volume charge 1.5 per Mb; other packages to be negotiated.
MagnaData
Contact: Luke Carruthers
Ph: (02) 264 7326
Fx: (02) 264 7308
E-mail: in...@magna.com.au
Features: Services range from e-mail, news; Unix can use telnet, FTP, lynx etc; SLIP/PPP/Shell on a
dialup or dedicated basis; tailor to corporate requirements. Access Sydney with 16 lines (up to 28.8k) and
working on Melbourne and Canberra with 8 lines at least each. Additional services - training, support,
security, design and implement WWW sites
Cost: Personal shell account $32/month basic; SLIP/PPP - $40/month, 20Mb allowance, then $2 per
Mb; or $50/month for SLIP/PPP with phone support. Corporate rates on application.
Message Handling Systems
Contact: Elaine Pensabene
Ph: (02) 550 4448/008 806 962
Fx: (02) 519 2551
E-mail: ela...@mhs.oz.au
Features: TMX - Dial-in store and forward access to e-mail, FTP; news groups; Full IP access Nov ‘94
- SLIP, PPP. Access to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. Rotary modem systems.
Cost: UUCP $50; UUCP with Windows software $195; MHSnet connection $495, including software
and some connect time. Standard time costs are $8 per connect hour (min 1 hour/month).
Microplex
Contact: Mark Fawcett
Ph: (02) 888 3685
Fx: (02) 888 2328
E-mail: ma...@mpx.com.au
Features: News, e-mail, UUCP, FTP, IRC, Gopher, WWW; Shell, SLIP, PPP
Cost: Shell account - $25 setup plus $23.50/month or $234/year; SLIP, PPP $3.50/hr; Permanent
connections from $2,000/year upwards.
OzEmail
Contact: Gerard Kohne
Ph: (02) 437 5500
Fx: (02) 437 5888
E-mail: gko...@ozemail.com.au
Features: Include e-mail, FTP, Telnet, Gopher, WWW, IRC and Usenet - ‘Terrazzo’ interface; Full
SLIP/PPP access, terminal access or Windows pack; ISDN connection services. Access to Sydney,
Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle district.
Cost: $25 registration fee. No monthly or volume charges. $10 per hour peak weekdays (7am - 9pm); $5
per hour off peak and weekends; $50 for Windows pack.
Pegasus
Contact: Frank Whitmee
Ph: (07) 257 1111/1 800 81 2812
Fx: (07) 257 1087
E-mail: fwhi...@peg.apc.org
Features: E-mail; conferences (Internet and local, 3,000 carried), Gopher, WWW, FTP, IRC, WAIS
Mosaic; SLIP, PPP; LAN/WAN/UUCP links; Access all metro areas except Darwin and Hobart by local
dialup; telnet or Austpac at 9600bps. Modem rates to 14.4Kbps; 14,400bps dialup facilities in Adelaide,
Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney via "13" telephone number. Customised software and
modems.
Cost: Setup $95 payment (includes 200 mins, software, manual and tutorial) plus $50 per additional
mailbox; $25/month ongoing charge per mailbox (incl. 60 mins peak or 120 mins off-peak) and
$20/month for additional mailboxes; Direct dial access - 10 cents/min; Telnet access - 10 cents/min;
Austpac - 20 cents/min peak, 10 cents/min off-peak.
SchoolsNet
Contact: Daniel Ingvarson
Ph: (03) 696 7097
Fx: (03) 696 6757
E-mail: d...@schnett.edu.au
Features: Full Internet access - all tools; SLIP, PPP; firewalled, reliable connection with no user
intervention required; Permanent lines available.
Cost: Dial-up SLIP $460 startup plus access cost $44/week; AARnet volume charges passed onto user;
Internet Gateway (routing, DNS, News, Mail, WWW cache and server, software, training, hardware,
support, connection management and point-and-click management tools) $9,860 (once off); $1,100/qtr
dedicated SLIP connection; optional $950/qtr Educational Internet Support Package.
Winthrop Technology
Contact: Gunter Ahrendt
Ph: (09) 380 3564
Fx: (09) 382 1688
E-mail: wth...@yarrow.wt.uwa.edu.au
Features: Full network services including news, E-mail, FTP, Gopher, Telnet, WWW, IRC (PC access
is terminal emulation only); SLIP; PPP for PC and Mac users in 1995. Access Perth, 12 dialup lines at
1.2 Kbps to 14.4Kbps.
Cost: $50/month for unlimited connect time and 10Mb disk limit, or $2.50/Mb/hour plus $10
establishment fee with 5Mb disk quota.
Zeta Microcomputer Software
Contact: Nick Andrew
Ph: (02) 837 1397
Modem (02) 837 1183 or (02) 837 1868
E-mail: ni...@zeta.org.au
Features: News, e-mail, FTP, Gopher, Telnet, WWW, IRC; Shell; SLIP (with Internet adaptor);
Krazilec system; 9 modems
Cost: $15/month incl. 10 hours/month; additional time, $1/hour.
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Last updated on 16/11/96
Nick Andrew
>IBM
>Ph: 13 24 26
>Opening new Internet gateway for users of OS/2 Warp PC operating system in Sydney in November
>1994; other cities to follow. [...]
Hmm, this list seems somewhat dated. 1994 has been and gone ...
>Zeta Microcomputer Software
>Contact: Nick Andrew
>Ph: (02) 837 1397
>Modem (02) 837 1183 or (02) 837 1868
>E-mail: ni...@zeta.org.au
>Features: News, e-mail, FTP, Gopher, Telnet, WWW, IRC; Shell; SLIP (with Internet adaptor);
>Krazilec system; 9 modems
>Cost: $15/month incl. 10 hours/month; additional time, $1/hour.
I can hardly remember the time when I had only 9 modems :-)
Nick.
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