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 * Started by Chris Thorpe and Jon Clarke (??) in Jon's garage. 
 * In 1994, they had around 18 dialup lines, and a 48K MDDS circuit. [http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?q=iconz+chris+thorpe+jon&hl=en&lr=&selm=32iibt%247sf%40news.midland.co.nz&rnum=2] 
 * Charged started at $50/meg for email, and $10/meg for data. Dial up to Unix systems only. 
-* Expanded to Airedale St (next door to Telecom~ 's big black building in Mayoral Drive, Auckland). IHUG were in a back room at that point. 
+* Expanded to Airedale St (next door to [ Telecom] 's big black building in Mayoral Drive, Auckland). IHUG were in a back room at that point. 
 * Trialed PPP over 14.4K modems. Again, charged by data. 
 * Moved to Beach Road around 1995, acquired Kim Schienberg from Panix.com :) 
 * Acquired by Melco / Woodrow family (specifically Ron and Chris Woodrow) late 1995 / early 1996. 
 * Acquired by AsiaOnLine, with a name change. Moved to Philips Fox tower.