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.

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

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.