Adam Internet was an Australian

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(ISP) that serviced residents, businesses and government departments primarily within

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Background

Originally founded in 1986 as the Adelaide

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club, Adam Internet grew out of the original

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of the Adelaide Amiga User Group. The bulletin board was set up in 1987 and was originally run by the user group, but was co-opted by its

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, Greg Hicks. In 1989, it transformed into a commercial multi-line TBBS-based bulletin board, which, at the time, was the largest bulletin board system in the Southern Hemisphere, and for many years was the most popular in Australia. With 100 staff members, and a customer base of 80,000+ in 2009 Adam Internet held 35% of South Australia's Internet market. Adam Internet provided a range of separately metered services at no extra charge, some of these services being operated by Adam directly, such as a gaming community – 3FL, which operated a range of servers for various games; ABC iView; and file servers – FileArena, which hosted a large file repository containing (but not limited to) games, Linux distributions, streaming of various radio stations including local youth radio station

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, and a

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mirror. In August 2012, Adam Internet announced that their managing director, Scott Hicks, would be leaving the company. In August 2013, Adam Internet signed a deal for take over by

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. In December 2015, Adam Internet was disbanded, with services and existing customers being moved onto iiNet.

Milestones

*Adam Internet launches the AdamMax network, a

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product: November 2009 in an Australian first, local provider Adam internet has secured a $3 million contract with the State Government to eliminate blackspots in the metropolitan area.

References

External links

Official website3FL Gaming NetworkFileArenaAdam Internet listing on Broadband Choice
{{Internet service providers of Australia IiNet acquisitions Internet properties established in 1992 Companies based in Adelaide Internet service providers of Australia 1992 establishments in Australia