As you may be aware, the acquisition of Internode by iiNet Limited was announced in December 2011. The transfer of ownership was finalised today, and both Internode and iiNet staff are hard at work integrating our various systems, software, and infrastructure.

As previously mentioned by Simon Hackett, one of the first and most obvious benefits will be the merging of the iiNet and Internode ADSL2+ DSLAM networks. (more…)

This blog post is a collection of answers (an FAQ) that I’ve written on whirlpool in response to questions asked about it there.

I’m placing some of those answers here because they can easily be lost in the succession of pages there, and some of them seem to be asked repeatedly.

Hence putting them here is an exercise in trying to make them easier to find – and reducing that repetition somewhat!

I’ll add to this post as necessary if future questions of importance turn up that make sense to add into this blog post.

Regards,

Simon Hackett (more…)

An open letter to customers and friends of Internode & Agile

Business As Usual – Only Better

As the founder and managing director of Internode Pty and Agile Pty Ltd, I am writing with some important news about our company group.

Under a just-concluded agreement, ASX-listed iiNet will purchase all of the shares in Internode Pty Ltd and its sister company Agile Pty Ltd, effectively making the Internode Group a subsidiary of iiNet. The transaction will be completed by the end of February 2012.

This is obviously a huge development in the life and times of Internode and Agile!

After a decade that has seen the Australian broadband market grow from birth in 2000 to maturity in 2010, we are at the top of our game, and at the top of a mountain, right now.

So this is exactly the right time to find a new mountain to climb, as part of a new alliance. (more…)