Meet the Member – Matthew Enger
This month’s meet the member segment features our wonderful Chair, Matthew Enger. Matt is the Managing Director of X Integration and Leaptel and joined IAA in 2016 as a relative newbie in the Internet industry. He joined after being told that this peering idea is a ‘good thing to do’ and looking for a way […]
What’s Happening With the Portal?
Work continues on the new portal! Over the past four weeks, we’ve implemented a number of features and updated the theme to make sure the new portal not only works well but looks great, too. Spoiler alert, we’ve added in a ‘tool’ menu so you can have fast access to the tools you need to […]
Same Year; Another Milestone!
Remember our announcement in March about our network cracking over 800Gbps? Well, two months on, and with many thanks to our newest content provider and the gaming community in Australia, our network hit a new record of 901Gbps on Wednesday, 11 May. From the moment the caches were live, the traffic started coming in fast, […]
New PKG Mirror Improves Content Access for FreeBSD Users
Earlier this month, we racked and stacked a new PKG mirror hosted on NSW-IX. The new mirror is the first of its kind here in Australia and will make a big difference for FreeBSD users in Southeast Asia and Oceania. FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of platforms that focuses on features, […]
Traffic Soars as new Content Provider Joins the Network
Earlier this month, we welcomed Steam to the network, and from day one, the peak kept growing, pushing our network to reach a new traffic record of 901Gbps on Wednesday 11 May. The latest addition of Steam caches means that with 440Gbps of caching capacity between Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, our gamers can enjoy increased […]
Open Submissions – June
National Data Security Action Plan | Department of Home Affairs | 10 June 2022 The Department of Home Affairs is calling for submissions for the development of the National Data Security Action Plan. They seek to explore with industry and state and territory governments how Government and industry can meet data security expectations, how responsibilities […]
May’s Advocacy Corner Update
Given the recent federal election, IAA’s policy team has largely worked on publications related to the election in May. We published our 2022 IAA Election Wish List, outlining the policies we would like to see adopted by the political parties. We also released our 2022 Election – Policy Assessment evaluating the policy platform of the […]
From the CEO’s Desk
Well, wasn’t that a fun-filled month! The longest election campaign in recent history is over at last, and we have a new government. We can say goodbye to unwanted vile political text messages, nasty social media memes and pork barrelling, and we’ll move to a new regimen of well-articulated policy discourse by a polite and […]
Internet Association of Australia Grant Major Parties a ‘Conceded Pass’
The Internet Association of Australia Ltd (IAA) has released today its assessment of the major political parties’ policy platforms for the upcoming federal election, finding none measure up to the reasonable expectations of the internet industry. IAA has evaluated the policy platforms of the major political parties against the IAA Election Wish List released last […]