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Internet in Australia first became available on a permanent basis to universities in Australia in May 1989, via AARNet.[1][2][3] Pegasus Networks was Australia's first public Internet provider in June 1989.[4] The first commercial dial-up Internet Service Provider (ISP) appeared in capital cities soon after,[5] and by the mid-1990s, almost the entire country had a range of choices of dial-up ISPs.[5] Today, Internet access is available through a range of technologies, i.e. hybrid fibre coaxial cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and satellite Internet. In July 2009, the federal government, in partnership with the industrial sector, began rolling out a nationwide fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and improved fixed wireless and satellite access through the National Broadband Network.[6] Subsequently, the roll out was downgraded to a Multi-Technology Mix on the promise of it being less expensive and with earlier completion.[7][8] In October 2020, the federal government announced an upgrade by 2023 of NBN fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) services to FTTP for 2 million households, at a cost of A$3.5 billion.[9]