WLG-IX Launches!

Unfortunately, last month, New Zealand Internet Exchange’s plan to launch the much-anticipated WLG-IX was pushed back due to lockdown restrictions preventing important work needed to get it up and running. Thankfully, as Wellington lifted to level three restrictions, work resumed, and the new IX is now completed and in production, with the official launch date set for November 1 2021. WLG-IX is starting with a 12-month FREE period. Happy peering!  All those eager to hear about the launch should keep […]

Google Joins VIC-IX

We are excited to announce that Google has joined VIC-IX! With Google being only one hop away across VIC-IX, your customers can now access a wide range of their favourite content through our network.   It’s always good to have quality content providers joining. If you have any content providers that you would like to see on our IX’s, we would love to hear from you!   

Policy Updates

October’s Advocacy Corner Update The Federal government is continuing to ramp up its program of legislation aiming to control the perceived and real threats from the online world. We’ve written about our participation in the defamation workshops, but just recently it has become clear that the government would like to see defamation regulated the same way […]

Submissions

Recent Submissions In October, we made submissions to:  The Regional Telecommunications Review 2021,  ACCC’s Telstra Migration Plan The TIO’s Draft Guidance Non-Financial Compensation and Systemic Issues    Open Submissions Reporting of Telstra delivery of voice services | Department of Communications  The Department of Communications has proposed that Telstra should improve their reporting of their voice services delivery in regional areas and provide quarterly reports to ACMA and Department of […]

End of Year Network Change Embargo

This year, our network change embargo period is from 22nd December 2021 through to 10th January 2022 inclusive. This means that we won’t be provisioning any new services or changing any existing services during this period. Support staff will, of course, be on call to deal with urgent issues or network emergencies should they arise.  Please remember all orders and change requests need to be received by 10th December, 2021. Login […]

From the CEO’s Desk

There’s nothing like setting the dates for the end of year change freeze (22 Dec – 10 Jan) to make you sit up and notice the year is almost over! At least most of us are out of lockdown in time to do some seasonal shopping. On our shopping list is a brand new out of band network, and a few extra switches to accommodate all […]