Following only a week after the last iinet acquisition rumour was posted to this list:
<http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1178?show=replies> | iHug eyes iiNet | | According to media reports, New Zealand-based iHug is talking with | Perth-based iiNet about the prospects for a merger. | | iiNet services approximately 130,000 customers (including dial-up and | broadband), placing it among the top five Australian ISPs. iiNet is | also one of the largest ADSL resellers. iHug has at least 150,000 | customers, making it the third-biggest ISP in New Zealand. Less than | half of iHug's customers are Australian. Both iiNet and iHug are | publicly traded companies. iiborg about to be assimilated? Ryan

