Internode (ISP)
Internode is one of Australia's major Internet Service Providers. The company focuses primarily on ADSL-based Internet access. The company is 100% owned by Managing Director Simon Hackett.
Internode is proudly based in Adelaide, South Australia, as demonstrated by its support for local events, such as the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and the commercial support given to it by the state government (almost all state departments use Internode) and other local business. The company's services are now available nationwide.
July 1st 2002 saw the launch of the Internode Games Network, a private gaming network run by Internode for its ADSL customers. It has grown since then into the 2nd largest gaming network in Australia behind Telstra's GameArena.
In mid-2003, Internode's infrastructure company, Agile, installed its own equipment in the Telstra exchange at Meningie, South Australia. This made it the first exchange in australia where ADSL was available, but not through Telstra.
Today Internode is one of the more successful smaller ISPs in Australia, along with iiNet and Netspace.