Editing AARNet (section)

{{Short description|Research and education network in Australia}}
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| name            = AARNet
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| caption         = Australia's [[National research and education network|Academic and Research Network]]
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| founded_date    = {{Start date|1989}}
| founder         = [[Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee|Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC)]]
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| area_served     = Australia
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| services        = [[Internet service provider]] (ISP)
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| owner           = 38 Australian universities and [[CSIRO]]
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| website         = {{URL|aarnet.edu.au}}
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'''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.<ref name="AARNet20YearBook">{{cite book|last=Korporaal|first=Glenda|title=AARNet – 20 Years of the Internet in Australia – 1989–2009|url=http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/aarnet/AARNet_20YearBook_Full.pdf |access-date=2 November 2013 |year=2009|publisher=AARNet|isbn=978-0-646-52111-4}}</ref><ref name="Xamax">{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.html#Beg|title=Origins and Nature of the Internet in Australia|last=Clarke|first=Roger|publisher=www.xamax.com.au/|access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Grubb|first=Ben|title=Who really invented the internet in Australia|url=http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/who-really-invented-the-internet-in-australia-20130628-2p1xy.html|work=[[The Age]]|date=28 June 2013 |access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> In 1995, the [[Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee]] (AVCC) transferred AARNet1 as a [[going concern]] to [[Telstra]]<ref name="Virtual_Nation">{{cite book |last=Goggin |first=Greg |title=Virtual Nation: The Internet in Australia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmHSqYXCW98C&dq=%22Connect.com.au%22&pg=PA33 |access-date=16 September 2008 |year=2005 |publisher=[[University of New South Wales Press]] |location=Sydney|isbn=978-0-86840-503-2}}</ref> who then operated it as the initial [[Telstra#Telstra Internet|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&nbsp;Australian universities and the Australian [[CSIRO]]. AARNet's services in addition to Internet connectivity include [[Eduroam]], voice, video and data storage services and a [[Mirror website|content mirror]].