    entence 1: What did AUSTPAC  support    fentence 2: Started by Telecom  ustralia in the early 1980s, AUST PAC  ‘as Australia's first public packet-  witched data network, supporting  plications such as on-line betting.  financial applications — the Australian  ‘ax Office made use of AUSTPAC —  ind remote terminal access to  icademic institutions. who  aintained their connections to  UST PAC up until the mid-late 1990s  in some cases.