AARNet Pty Ltd (APL) is the company that operates Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARNet). It is a not-for-profit company limited by shares. The shareholders are 38 Australian Universities and the CSIRO.
AARNet provides high-capacity leading-edge Internet services for the tertiary education and research sector communities and their research partners. AARNet serves over one million end users who access the network through local area networks at member institutions. AARNet delivered in excess of 5000 terabytes of traffic in 2008. The service is cost-effective with reductions in base unit costs of around 20% per annum in recent years.