Orcon Broadband Internet Access Plans

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	Name	Price (per month)	Download Speed	Upload Speed	Download Limit
Orcon	200MB	NZ$19.95	256 kbps	128 kbps	200 MB
Orcon	5GB	NZ$39.95	4000 kbps	128 kbps	5 GB
Orcon	ZeroShock	NZ$49.95	4000 kbps	128 kbps	20 GB
Orcon	15GB	NZ$59.95	4000 kbps	800 kbps	15 GB

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Who are Orcon?
Orcon has sustained a high level of growth over the past 4 years to become NZ's 4th biggest ISP, and the largest ISP that is 100% New Zealand owned and operated.

Previously best known as a provider of wholesale Internet and business connections, Orcon has become a household name in New Zealand.

Orcon has been North Shore based since its inception in 1995 and now operates from two buildings based on the North Shore, one a carrier-class Internet data centre while the other houses the Orcon Internet Head Office, as well as regional offices in New Zealand and Australia.

The History of Orcon
In 1994, while participating in the Fletcher Challenge Young Enterprise Programme at school, Seeby Woodhouse began to harbour ambitious dreams of building a large New Zealand technology company. As part of the vision he conceived, he drew a visual icon called 'The Orconagon', which was to eventually become the company logo. From this, the name Orcon originated.

While at university Seeby started a small business - Orcon Group Limited - that provided computer advice and support, as well as selling early model cell phones and accessories. Before long, demand caused the business to expand services to include PC upgrade and repair services. The business remained focused on the local market on Auckland's North Shore. By 1996 the business had expanded both its range of products and its sphere of operations. It began distributing computer accessories and supplies to small business owners and home users throughout the Auckland region and to various other parts of New Zealand as required.

In 1997 Orcon Group commenced as an ISP with three dial-in 33.6k modems. This was a very small step in what was to prove an exciting path for the business. Through the start-up phase, the market focus was on the no frills end of the market, with pricing at around half the price of the cheapest competition, Orcon was aimed at more skilled and technically minded customers.

Driven by a need to differentiate, the idea of wholesaling ISP services was born. Orcon started providing Internet capacity to other ISP's, which resulted in a larger volume of aggregated services purchased from the Telco's. At this point the hardware services component of the business was dropped, so that we could focus on the provision of Internet services.

As Orcon grew, logistics demanded a billing system that would handle all the requirements of Orcon's own customer database, as well as the customers of all the wholesale ISP customers. This lead to the commission of a software system for billing branded as 'iBill'. Together with Seeby, Mark Mackay, director of Digital Edge Ltd, began designing the iBill system on contract to Orcon Group. As the design evolved, two things became apparent; the synergies between the two companies and the market potential for the billing system. As a result Mark and Seeby combined their respective businesses to form the current company 'Orcon Internet Limited'.

In 2002, Orcon became a major ISP in the residential market, a new web portal was launched and marketing initiatives were put in place to continue to grow the customer base that positive word of mouth had established. Our customer loyalty, cautious financial planning, and a constant revision of business decisions and practices has seen Orcon grow from the small '3 dial-in modem company' in 1997 to New Zealand's 4th largest internet provider in 2003 (As ranked by PC World and NZ Telecommunications review).

Over the last four years we have seen our staff grow from four to eighty, revenue has grown fifteen-fold, and things don't look like slowing down anytime soon.