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IAA Continues to Support APRICOT

Following our successful hosting of last year’s event, IAA is pleased to continue its support of Asia Pacific’s largest internet conference by sponsoring APRICOT  2021.

We were very fortunate to be able to have the conference in person last year.  Current circumstances around the world mean APRICOT 2021 will be a virtual event, in partnership with the Philippine Network Operators Group (PHNOG).

As usual technical training will be offered in the first week (Monday 22nd to Friday 26th February), and the APRICOT conference itself will run from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th March 2021. APNIC51 and other side meetings such as APIX will also occur in the same window.

Registration for APRICOT 2021 is free for the entire event and we really encourage our members to check out the program and tune in for the great line up of speakers.

If you feel you have the expertise to offer a technical tutorial or participate in a conference session as a speaker, the call for papers is open until Sunday 7th February. More information on presenting or convening a panel session can be found on the APRICOT 2021 website.

Latest Intercapital Links Turned Up

IAA engineers are continuing to increase the intercapital bandwidth between major cities to help improve our cache currency and deliver more iVLL capacity.

The final Sydney to Melbourne link was brought online this week, boosting total capacity to 40Gbps.

The new MEL-CBR link will now provide redundancy to members in ACT-IX. Previously, members in ACT-IX who had extended reach and virtual leased line options to other states would have their services affected should the SYD-CBR link drop out.  Now all traffic will flow via the new and live MEL-CBR link should other paths be affected.

Upgrades, Removals and Updates

The IAA tech team are still working on updating some of our Melbourne switching gear, as well as removing the old equipment in Perth’s QV1. Both of these are subject to travel restrictions, so please watch this space! We will, however, be upgrading the firmware on our switch in NextDC M1 to improve 100Gbps services, and that is scheduled with remote hands for Feb 4, 01:00-05:00 AEDT. All affected sessions of course will be drained as usual according to BCP 214, and all affected members have been notified.

Please check your inboxes to see if you are included or, if unsure, contact our peering team on peering@internet.asn.au

IAA News – November 2020

This month we increased capacity in our major capital cities and announced a fantastic partnership for our friends at NZIX.

Read the full newsletter here.

IAA News – October 2020

This month we welcomed our new board members and asked members for their thoughts on NBN pricing changes.

Read the full newsletter here.

IAA to Drop 100G Port Set Up Fees in 2021

Here is your first piece of good news for 2021!

From January 1st IAA are dropping the set up fee for 100Gbps ports, bringing it into line with our other ports. This means there are now NO set up fees for any of IX Australia’s current range of peering ports.

Unfortunately the deadline for orders in 2020 has passed. New orders and upgrades can be made via the Member Portal in the new year.

Please remember IAA have implemented a change freeze on services between 23rd December and 10th January inclusive. During this time services will not be added or removed. Support staff will be on call to deal with urgent issues during this period.

NZIX Extends Peering Footprint

Across the Tasman, our friends at the New Zealand Internet Exchange have entered into an exciting collaboration with New Zealand wholesale provider, Chorus, to offer peering from any handover port on Chorus’ ultra-fast broadband network to the NZIX Auckland Internet Exchange.

EdgeConnect is available from today, November 30, and will enable Chorus customers to communicate with other NZIX members on the same exchange, whether they are physically connected to NZIX exchange switches or are other NZIX members connected via Chorus.

Chorus EdgeConnect is currently only available on the Auckland Internet Exchange (AKL- IX). A date for availability of the new service is not yet confirmed for Christchurch (CHC-IX).

To enable NZIX peering over EdgeConnect, New Zealand internet service providers and organisations will need to have:

 

  • A current NZIX service or willingness to become an NZIX member
  • Chorus customer status
  • A Chorus NGA handover (ENNI)

Orders for EdgeConnect can be made via the NZIX Member Portal. For more information visit the NZIX website or email peering@ix.nz

From the CEO’s Desk

Well, here we are in the last gasps of 2020, and a year we’re glad to see the back of, that’s for sure! Over here at IAA, we’re getting those last few upgrades into place before the team head off for a bit of a break. It’s great to see those intercapital links coming on stream at last, with new capacity lighting up between Sydney and Melbourne as well as Melbourne and Adelaide. You’ll also be glad to hear that we’ve increased the capacity between our content networks so that your customers can all enjoy their streaming services full pelt over the holiday season. We’ve already seen an uptick of some 20Gbps throughput out of the most popular services!

Speaking of content, we have also just got the new Sourceforge mirror up, and soon we expect to see FreeBSD mirrored, as well as a new DNS root source on our network. Melbourne peers should also be enjoying the extra capacity into our Google cache by now, too.

We have had our last Life Under Lockdown event, and we are in the process of organising a member round table with the Minister for Communications’ office on the topic of NBN onboarding for RSPs. If you missed out on an invitation, do get in touch so that we can add you to our list.

Well, that’s it from me for the year. May you all have a much less stressful, far more profitable 2021.

Happy peering!

Narelle Clark

IAA to engage in talks regarding CVC Boost Phase Out

One item that caught our eye last month was NBN Co’s confusing announcement that the CVC boost will be phased out. This will be coupled with new pricing and a new wholesale agreement. We are still in the process of unpicking what this all means, and it seems NBN Co isn’t quite sure what it all means either. Either way, we welcome member thoughts on this as we will be actively engaging in the next round of consultations over this with a view to getting clarity and improvement in the pricing and services.