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Equinix’s PE3 Hard Hat Tour

Our Perth team were fortunate enough to attend a Hard Hat Tour through Equinix’s PE3 site on Tuesday 19 October. Still under construction, Equinix’s Global Solutions Architect – Phil – took them through the building to see everything from the rooftop right down to the loading dock!  

The first phase of the site has an estimated cost of A$76.6 million and is targeted to open in Q4 2021. When completed, this new data centre will provide 1,650 cabinets and a colocation space of more than 10,600 square metres.  

Due to the proximity to Southeast Asia, two subsea cable links – Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) and the Indigo Cable – terminate directly inside the Equinix Perth campus. 

Thank you, team Equinix, for showing us through your new data centre, we look forward to seeing it all finished! 

QV1 Building Renovation

As the main lobby in the QV1 Building received some TLC on Saturday 16 October, power to the main distribution board that feeds our Point of Presence was scheduled to be turned off. Thanks to our fantastic member – Ciphertel – organising electricians and a generator to mitigate the extended outage, we stayed primarily online with a minor four-minute outage.  

We would like to thank Ciphertel for all their efforts to keep all of us with services in QV1 connected.  

 

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 an eye out on NZIX’s social media accounts.

 

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! 

 

BDX8 removal – Melbourne

At long last we have migrated off the BDX8. When Covid prevented the road trip to Melbourne the team had planned, it was down to crossing our fingers and hoping Delta could be stopped. After 6? 8? 10? weeks of lockdown and countless error messages, the decision was made to pull the proverbial plug, and engage remote hands.  

Aaron has apparently compiled the best set of work instructions ever, and our remote smart hands followed the bouncing ball all the way through to the end. The BDX8 is no longer at the heart of VIC-IX; however, it continues to have three 1Gbps users.   

A special thanks to Aaron for a great job, our remote hands for your assistance over the distance, Nick for the late-night supervision, and to Washif for the checking.  

Brilliant effort, team. A huge well done. 

Netflix becomes opt-in

This morning, members received an email regarding a configuration issue with Netflix caches. The issue was recently identified and has since been resolved. As a result, members will need to complete the following process to access these caches: 

1. Create an AS-SET that lists your residential customers or provide the information to our team. 

2. Tag BGP advertisements to route-servers with the following communities, based on peering location. 

  • 10084:2504 WA OCA Opt-In 
  • 10084:2514 VIC OCA Opt-In 
  • 10084:2524 QLD OCA Opt-In 
  • 10084:2544 NSW OCA Opt-In 
  • 10084:2534 SA OCA Opt-In 

If you require any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our team at support@internet.asn.au or call us on 1300 793 320. 

Primus DC – September Closure

Primus DC, located at 55 King Street, Melbourne, is closing, and we have been advised that we need to vacate the premises by 30 September 2021. Unfortunately, this means members with ports within the data centre will be affected as we will no longer be offering services from this facility after that date.

Rest assured that we are working hard to ensure service continuity despite the closure and request that members with a current service at 55 King Street migrate to any of our other sites on VIC-IX. All location options can be found on our website. Hopefully, you’ve already seen the relocation of the route server from that site, and a shorter ring transit time with our rearrangements already completed.

If you require any further information or assistance with your migration, please get in touch at peering@internet.asn.au Time is running out!

Measuring Broadband Australia Program

Earlier this year, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) members were granted eligibility to join the ACCC’s broadband monitoring program. Prior to this, only larger ISPs could participate, providing them with a competitive, marketable advantage.

Following our successful appeal to the ACCC, several members have become eligible to join the program, and we encourage our members to do so. This program provides the opportunity for greater internet performance transparency, allowing smaller ISPs to participate actively and be included in the MBA reports. It further enables members to include speed and technical quality in marketing collateral alongside the bigger players.

For a detailed explanation of this program, check out our 2020 event Life Under Lockdown: how good is our internet.

If you would like to join the program, please contact the ACCC directly at BroadbandPerformance@accc.gov.au

Farewell Primus DC

IAA has been notified of the upcoming closure of Primus DC, located at 55 King Street, Melbourne.

Vocus has advised us that we need to vacate the premises by 30 September 2021. Unfortunately, this means members with ports within the data centre will be affected as IAA will no longer be able to offer services from this facility after that date.

Rest assured that we are working hard to ensure service continuity despite the closure and request that members with a current service at 55 King Street migrate to any of our other sites on VIC-IX. All location options can be found on our website.

If you require any further information or assistance with your migration, please get in touch at peering@internet.asn.au

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