The Internet Company Of New Zealand, then Asia Online, and then ICONZ again.

A NewZealand ISP.

• 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.
• 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.
• Acquired by EzySurf?/whoever owns them now. Moved back into Airedale St (different building though!)
• Notable people: Jon Clarke, Chris Thorpe, Chris Woodrow, Ron Woodrow, Kim Schienberg, Rowan Smith, Terry Hardie, JSeanConnell

http://www.iconz.co.nz/

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