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Simon Hackett
Simon Hackett in 1996
Nationality	Australian

Simon Walter Hackett is the co-founder (with Robyn Taylor in 1991) of Internode Pty Ltd.

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.

Hackett departed the executive team at Internode to join the board of iiNet in August 2012.

Hackett is a former board member of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, m.Net Corporation., and the Australian Network for Art and Technology. Hackett co-founded and is a former director of The Internet Society of Australia, and was the founding president of the South Australian Internet Association (which has since been disbanded).

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.

He is a 1986 graduate of the University of Adelaide, holding a Bachelors Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.

Hackett is frequently active in the Internode forum on Whirlpool, and a vocal commentator on Australian telecommunications competition issues and Government policies.

Agile Communications

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Agile Communications is a licensed national telecommunications carrier based in South Australia and was the first South Australian based company to gain this license.

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. This network uses Cisco AS5400 Universal Port Hardware capable of VoIP and broadband from the same 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.

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.

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.

In late 2006, Agile won a contract worth A$3.5 million to deploy broadband infrastructure through much of the Mid North region of South Australia.

References

1. "Completion of Internode Acquisition" (Press release).
2. "Director Appointment" (Press release).
3. ^ "South Aussie Leader of the Pack" (Press release). Impress Media. 2003-12-10. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
4. "Board". Australian Network for Art and Technology. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
5. "Past Directors of ISOC-AU". Retrieved 2006-07-17.
6. "The Internet Toaster". Living Internet. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
7. "ACS Council Elects New Board Directors and Fellows" (Press release). Australian Computer Society. 2005-08-05. Retrieved 2006-07-17.
8. Hackett's Whirlpool profile
9. http://www.crn.com.au/News/151372,new-home-buyers-fight-telstra-lock-in.aspx
10. "SA town gets broadband - without Telstra". The Age. 2003-10-03. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
11. "Agile bid to join peering arrangements". The Age. 2003-06-17. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
12. "Internode Improves Business Connectivity Between Australia and United States". Cisco Systems. 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
13. Renai LeMay (2006-11-13). "Internode broadband to rural SA rescue". ZDNet Australia. Retrieved 2006-12-11.

External links

• Hackett's website
• Hackett profile at Internode

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