please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message eftel limited type subsidiary industry internet service provider telecommunications founded 1999 products broadband wholesale internet services dialup telephony parent m2 group website www.eftelretail.com eftel limited is an internet service provider and telecommunications provider in australia with approximately 120 000 active accounts . it was established in 1999 . eftel offers a range of services including dsl and dial up internet access web hosting and telephony services to the retail corporate and wholesale telecommunications markets . eftel s services are delivered through a nationwide network of points of presence in all capital cities and regional areas around australia . the network architecture and technology allows for the supply of voice data or video services simultaneously ; giving the capability to supply local and long distance calls high speed data internet and video conferencing services to its customers . in 2013 eftel was acquired by the rival m2 group group for approximately 44.1 million . 1 the company and its former subsidiaries including aanet and clubtelco now operate as brands of m2 . history edit 1999 datafast commenced as a trunked radio network operator in victoria . from 1999 to 2001 it developed a 34mbit s atm backbone network in western victoria . ultimately the network extended to mount gambier in south australia with a hub in melbourne and links to other state capitals . 2000 eftel started as an internet service provider isp based in perth western australia . 2001 datafast acquired a voip voice over internet provider telecommunications company and vivanet a wholesale only isp . 2002 datafast merged with eftel an isp and broadband telecommunications carrier . the merger doubled the size of the company providing significant economies of scale and extended broadband operations into four states . 2003 through consolidation and other initiatives datafast significantly reduced its networking costs established a layer 2 adsl service and extended the network to south australia and the northern territory . these initiatives helped the company to take advantage of two current trends industry consolidation and the take up of broadband internet access . in late 2003 datafast acquired isps keypoint ez web and impaq . these purchases raised the size of the customer base to 85 000 and extended broadband coverage to tasmania completing the national roll out . 2004 in january 2004 datafast acquired nsw isp planet netcom adding a further 15 000 accounts and bringing the total customer base to over 100 000 making the company one of australia s 10 largest isps . in june 2004 datafast acquired bunbury based isp ozzienet and in october datafast acquired affinity a melbourne based isp and its umbrella of brands taking the total number of active accounts on the datafast network to 120 000 . 2005 acquired vianetaip and myaccess . launched speak voice product packaged retail product range and broadband over powerlines bpl . datafast telecommunications ltd changes name to eftel limited . 2006 acquired aanet a specialist broadband provider . launched speak voice product packaged retail product range and broadband over powerlines bpl . datafast telecommunications ltd changes name to eftel limited . 2007 eftel became the first company in australia to announce a vdsl2 rollout . the technology will enable theoretical speeds of up to 100mbit s about 4 times faster than adsl2 . however as of october 2009 the vdsl2 rollout is still at the expressions of interest stage with no services in active operation ; the aanet vdsl2 eoi page can be seen here . http www.aanet.com.au vdsl news 2011 eftel completed a merger with clubtelco a premium consumer focused telecommunications company that rewards its members with a range of benefits . this merger has seen the company double in size . in august 2011 eftel acquired wholesale telecommunications service provider platform networks pty ltd. platform networks is a sydney based growing wholesale aggregator . 2012 in june 2011 eftel announced the acquisition of the corporate and residential customer bases of west australian networks www.westnet.net.au . references edit mcdonald stephanie 13 may 2013 . m2 closes eftel offer . computerworld . retrieved 2015 10 03 . external links edit eftel official website v t e internet service providers of australia economy of australia internet censorship current ausbbs amcom bigair connexus internet dreamtilt devoted nbn exetel m2 group clubtelco dodo services eftel iprimus nbnsp optus virgin broadband origin net skymesh telstra bigpond pacnet tpg telecom adam internet iinet internode westnet vodafone zettanet wholesale nbn tpg telecom aapt limited agile communications chime communications pipe networks nextgen networks origin net telstra wholesale former chariot connect.com.au grapevine neighbourhood cable netspace opel networks ozemail pacific internet pegasus networks people telecom related topics internet in australia national broadband network retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eftel & oldid 709923461 categories internet service providers of australiam2 groupcompanies established in 1999hidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2007all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 march 2016 at 22 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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