<s>
AUSTPAC	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
public	O
X.25	B-Protocol
network	O
operated	O
by	O
Telstra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
by	O
Telecom	O
Australia	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
AUSTPAC	B-Protocol
was	O
Australia	O
's	O
first	O
public	O
packet-switched	B-Protocol
data	I-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
,	O
supporting	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
online	O
betting	O
,	O
financial	O
applications	O
(	O
the	O
Australian	O
Taxation	O
Office	O
has	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
AUSTPAC	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
remote	O
terminal	O
access	O
to	O
academic	O
institutions	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
maintained	O
their	O
connections	O
to	O
AUSTPAC	B-Protocol
up	O
until	O
the	O
mid	O
to	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austpac	B-Protocol
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
dial-up	O
to	O
a	O
PAD	B-Protocol
or	O
by	O
linking	O
an	O
X.25	B-Protocol
node	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
permanently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
general	O
access	O
telephone	O
number	O
was	O
01924	O
within	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
Telstra	O
announced	O
the	O
following	O
timetable	O
for	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
31	O
July	O
31	O
2006	O
,	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
dedicated	O
and	O
dialup	O
services	O
via	O
X.25	B-Protocol
,	O
X.28	O
,	O
X.32	O
&	O
X.75	B-Protocol
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
sold	O
to	O
new	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
31	O
December	O
31	O
2007	O
,	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
dedicated	O
and	O
dialup	O
services	O
via	O
X.25	B-Protocol
,	O
X.28	O
,	O
X.32	O
&	O
X.75	B-Protocol
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
sold	O
to	O
existing	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
June	O
30	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
network	O
was	O
decommissioned	O
and	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
available	O
to	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austpac	B-Protocol
continued	O
to	O
be	O
provisioned	O
to	O
Argent	O
and	O
Digital	O
Data	O
Services	O
(	O
DDS	O
)	O
customers	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
service	O
,	O
until	O
further	O
notice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Argent	O
and	O
DDS	O
customers	O
 '	O
service	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
terminated	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
withdrawal	O
of	O
Austpac	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
