Robert is the founder of Flying Solo, Australia’s micro business community and co-author of business bestseller, Flying Solo: How to go it alone in business. He's been a business commentator on ABC Four Corners, A Current Affair, Sky Business, Fairfax Digital, 2UE and ABC Radio, records a weekly video blog for CBS Interactive and presents regularly at conferences. He lives in Sydney with his wife and son.
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iiNet
Commences
Business
Michael Malone and Michael O’Reilly establish iiNet in the garage of Michael Malones family home
'99
iiNet lists
on the
ASX2000
'00
iiNet
Introduces
Broadband
'03
iiNet takes
the gold
iiNet scoops up a swag of gold when the AC Nielsen poll ranked iiNet as ‘Top ISP for Overall Customer Service’, it also rated iiNet as the ‘Top ISP in Customer Satisfaction’
'04
Infrastructure
rollout begins
iiNet begins deployment of its own infrastructure called DSLMAs
'06
ADSL 2+
breaks the
100k limit
In June iiNet surpasses a milestone of 100,000 customers on its ADSL2+ network, by far the largest ADSL2+ in Australia
'10
Introducing
the new
number 2
iiNet celebrates its position as the clear number two DSL broadband service provider in Australia
'11
Cracking
the Million
iiNet becomes the biggest ADSL provider in Australia
'12
iiNet expands
the family
When it acquires TransACT and Internode