By MICHAEL FOREMAN
Sinesurf 2000, the Auckland-based internet service provider which went "off line" last month, is refusing to say whether it will refund out-of-pocket account holders.
When the Business Herald contacted Ross Himona, whom a company search revealed as the sole registered director of the failed ISP, he was unable to say whether the company would go into liquidation.
"It could," said Mr Himona. "I am not sure at this stage."
He refused to discuss whether he would refund users whose accounts were debited before and just after Sinesurf's failure.
"I have no comment to make to the media."
Mr Himona also refused to say how many users were affected, saying that this "was not the sort of information given out by ISPs."
Other creditors of Sinesurf are understood to include Telecom New Zealand, which is owed an undisclosed amount for wholesale internet provision.
Mr Himona of Volga St, Wellington, is also connected with Maori Net, which billed itself as the "Main Maori internet provider" but whose home page was inaccessible yesterday.
He is also registered as a director of Consultus Pacifique, which has no connection with the similarly named Aucland-based public relations company Consultus.
Meanwhile, Auckland-based IT contractor Stephen Schmidt says his role in Sinesurf was not that of a "principal" as reported in the Business Herald last Tuesday.
His association with Sinesurf was limited to "helping out every so often with technical stuff they couldn't handle," he said, and this service was performed on a voluntary basis.
"I was doing it for a friend."
Mr Schmidt refused to name the principals of Sinesurf and said he had not been in contact with the company for several months.
"As far I know they have shut down."
If Sinesurf goes into liquidation it will be the second small ISP to fail this year, following the collapse of Meridian Internet in January.
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