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October, we made submissions to: The Regional Telecommunications Review 2021, ACCC’s Telstra Migration Plan The TIO’s Draft Guidance Non-Financial Compensation and Systemic Issues Open Submissions Reporting of Telstra delivery of voice services | Department of Communications The Department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 […]
May’s Advocacy Corner Update
ACCC and NBN long-term pricing reform The ACCC recently announced they will be convening an industry roundtable to discuss long-term NBN pricing and a revised special access undertaking applying across all NBN access networks. As many IAA members have a vested interest in NBN pricing and access regulation, we will be participating in the roundtable. […]
From the CEO’s Desk
This month we’ve seen a few developments in the regulatory space that have us wondering about the future. We expect to see a new Online Safety Act pass in early June and with it will come the obligation to have a number of Codes in place to govern how we as an industry react to […]
Updating our Governance
Last month we kicked off a program of work to update our governance and to consult with members over whether we should move to registration under federal law. We held a consultation event where members were taken through the differences between WA Associations Law and Federal Corporations Law. We released a discussion paper and have […]