 Australia's Academic and Research Network | |
| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) |
Area served | Australia |
| Services | Internet service provider (ISP) |
| Owner | 38 Australian universities and CSIRO |
Employees | 131 |
| Website | aarnet |
| ASN | |
AARNet (Australian Academic and Research Network) provides Internet services to the Australian education and research communities and their research partners.
AARNet built the Internet in Australia.[1][2][3] In 1995, the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) transferred AARNet1 as a going concern to Telstra[4] who then operated it as the initial Telstra Internet. Today, AARNet is Australia's National research and education network (NREN). It forms the Australian component of the global advanced research and education Internet network.
AARNet Pty Ltd, which owns and operates the AARNet, is a not-for-profit company limited by shares. The shareholders are 38 Australian universities and the Australian CSIRO. AARNet's services in addition to Internet connectivity include Eduroam, voice, video and data storage services and a content mirror.
- ^ Korporaal, Glenda (2009). AARNet – 20 Years of the Internet in Australia – 1989–2009 (PDF). AARNet. ISBN 978-0-646-52111-4. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Clarke, Roger. "Origins and Nature of the Internet in Australia". www.xamax.com.au/. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Grubb, Ben (28 June 2013). "Who really invented the internet in Australia". The Age. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Goggin, Greg (2005). Virtual Nation: The Internet in Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-503-2. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
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