EGN was the online computer games network hosted by the Internet service provider

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. EGN was first established in May 2004, when John Ryan registered the business name: "EGN Australia".

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EGN Australia was a computer games community operated and owned by volunteers, and sponsored by the ISP, EFTel. EGN ran a range of public and private games servers in both Perth, Western Australia, and Melbourne, Victoria. EGN also hosted a LAN gathering every 3 months in Perth. EGN hosted a collection of both public and leased, game and voice servers.