please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject . it may need editing to conform to wikipedia s neutral point of view policy . there may be relevant discussion on the talk page . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this biographical article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this biographical article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message simon hackett simon hackett in 1996 nationality australian simon walter hackett is the co founder with robyn taylor of internode pty ltd. he is a 1986 graduate of the university of adelaide holding a bachelor s degree in applied mathematics and computer science . together with john romkey hackett became the first to connect a commercial domestic appliance a sunbeam deluxe automatic radiant control toaster to the internet in 1990 . 1 internode pty ltd was founded in may 1991 . in 1997 hackett founded agile communications a sister company to internode responsible for designing build and operation of telco infrastructure fibre and wireless . the internode company group was sold to iinet limited asx iin in a transaction announced in december 2011 and completed on 31 january 2012 . 2 hackett departed the executive team at internode to join the board of iinet in august 2012 . 3 on 12 november 2013 it was announced that he had been appointed to the board of the national broadband network and that he had resigned his position with iinet . 4 he departed the board of the national broadband network in april 2016 and was replaced by michael malone . 5 other boards hackett has served upon are adelaide fringe festival m.net corporation . 6 and the australian network for art and technology . 7 hackett co founded and is a former director of the internet society of australia 8 and was the founding president of the south australian internet association which has since been disbanded . 6 he is a fellow of the australian computer society . 9 while he was managing director of internode he was frequently active in the internode forum on whirlpool 10 and is a vocal commentator on australian telecommunications competition issues and government policies . 11 agile communications edit this biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . please help by adding reliable sources . contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message agile communications type private industry telecommunications founded adelaide south australia 1998 headquarters adelaide south australia key people simon hackett founder products broadband voice website www.agile.com.au agile communications is a licensed national telecommunications carrier based in south australia and was the first south australian based company to gain this license . 12 13 the company is a sister company to isp internode . the company was founded by managing director simon hackett and is based in adelaide . in may 2001 agile built the coorong network a microwave network interlinking adelaide murray bridge tailem bend binnies hill tintinara and meningie using cisco based hardware . in october 2003 agile installed its own equipment in the telstra exchange at meningie south australia to provide adsl to a town where telstra was yet to provide broadband adsl . this made it the first exchange in australia where adsl was available but not through telstra . 14 in late 2003 agile began a rollout of a national network an optic fibre based ip network running on stm 1 packet over sonet pos links to connect all agile pops across australia . 15 the national network currently extends to adelaide melbourne brisbane sydney perth canberra and hobart . in 2005 agile extended their national network to the us with points of presence in los angeles and san jose . 16 from 2007 agile designed and rolled out a broadband service using licensed fixed wimax radio technology across the coorong and yorke peninsula regions of south australia . 17 the service was retailed to customers by internode and regional internode resellers . the agile international network has become the core of the international network of iinet and internode following the acquisition of the internode company group by iinet . references edit the internet toaster . living internet . retrieved 2006 07 17 . completion of internode acquisition press release . director appointment press release . director appointment press release . michael malone appointed to nbn board press release . a b south aussie leader of the pack press release . impress media . 2003 12 10 . retrieved 2006 07 17 . board . australian network for art and technology . retrieved 2009 07 06 . past directors of isoc au . retrieved 2006 07 17 . acs council elects new board directors and fellows press release . australian computer society . 2005 08 05 . retrieved 2006 07 17 . hackett s whirlpool profile http www.crn.com.au news 151372 new home buyers fight telstra lock in.aspx http www.agile.com.au http www.acma.gov.au webwr assets main lib310081 internode agile % 20response % 20to % 20was % 20ii.pdf sa town gets broadband without telstra . the age . 2003 10 03 . retrieved 2006 12 11 . agile bid to join peering arrangements . the age . 2003 06 17 . retrieved 2006 12 11 . internode improves business connectivity between australia and united states . cisco systems . 2005 03 03 . retrieved 2006 12 11 . internode restarts 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