Adam Internet

20th August 2012 - Adam Internet Pty Ltd (www.adam.com.au) is proudly celebrating 25 years of connecting South Australians. What started as a hobby has turned into one of the leading Internet Services Providers (ISP's) and iconic brand names of South Australia. Adam Internet employs around 200 South Australians and services thousands of residents and businesses across the state. Over the years Adam Internet has seen remarkable changes in the industry and expanded their product portfolio from a basic dial-up internet service to now include home entertainment through fetchtv, residential Voice Over IP telephony, the state of the art Adam Data Centre and Adam Business Cloud - with more products and services to be launched this year. So, how did a hobby turn into one of the leading companies in South Australia? Greg Hicks, Founder and Executive Chairman looks back over the last 25 years. "Adam Internet was started from just a hobby that quickly turned into a passion and has grown into the business we have today. It started around 27 years ago when about nine friends and I bought our first Amiga computers. After some time we decided to advertise in the paper and officially launch the Adelaide Amiga Club. The response to the advertisement was amazing and over time, we had thousands of people as part of the club". From the Adelaide Amiga Club, came the Bulletin Board Service. Founded by Greg Hicks, the Bulletin Board Service quickly outgrew South Australia and became one of the largest Bulletin Boards in Australia. "The Bulletin Board Service was a huge success. Initially this was launched for Adelaide as an extension of the Adelaide Amiga Club.