While 2001 will be remembered for many things, it was the year the last remaining free Australian ISPs became tangled in their non-profitable business model and sunk once and for all. Or did it?
Australia's last remaining free Internet Service Provider GoConnect has hit the skids and its free service to members will be defunct in less than two weeks' time.
The recent wreck of Globalfreeway has been shrouded in mystery with the company's receivers refusing to comment and the management seemingly going into hiding. However, in true Christopher Skase style, one of the directors has turned up in Spain, sources allege.
With the demise of One.Tel grabbing headlines for weeks, the collapse of Globalfreeway has, by comparison, escaped unscathed -- with major debt in tow.
With the demise of Globalfreeway this week, the collapse of Free Net last October and a move towards fees by the remaining few, where is the free ISP model heading in Australia?
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