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IAA to Drop 100G Port Set Up Fees in 2021

Here is your first piece of good news for 2021!

From January 1st IAA are dropping the set up fee for 100Gbps ports, bringing it into line with our other ports. This means there are now NO set up fees for any of IX Australia’s current range of peering ports.

Unfortunately the deadline for orders in 2020 has passed. New orders and upgrades can be made via the Member Portal in the new year.

Please remember IAA have implemented a change freeze on services between 23rd December and 10th January inclusive. During this time services will not be added or removed. Support staff will be on call to deal with urgent issues during this period.

NZIX Extends Peering Footprint

Across the Tasman, our friends at the New Zealand Internet Exchange have entered into an exciting collaboration with New Zealand wholesale provider, Chorus, to offer peering from any handover port on Chorus’ ultra-fast broadband network to the NZIX Auckland Internet Exchange.

EdgeConnect is available from today, November 30, and will enable Chorus customers to communicate with other NZIX members on the same exchange, whether they are physically connected to NZIX exchange switches or are other NZIX members connected via Chorus.

Chorus EdgeConnect is currently only available on the Auckland Internet Exchange (AKL- IX). A date for availability of the new service is not yet confirmed for Christchurch (CHC-IX).

To enable NZIX peering over EdgeConnect, New Zealand internet service providers and organisations will need to have:

 

  • A current NZIX service or willingness to become an NZIX member
  • Chorus customer status
  • A Chorus NGA handover (ENNI)

Orders for EdgeConnect can be made via the NZIX Member Portal. For more information visit the NZIX website or email peering@ix.nz

Network Embargo

Engineers love playing networks but we also like our holidays free of outages (and work, too). Thus, we have implemented a Network Change Embargo between 23rd December 2020 and 10th January 2021 inclusive. During this time services will not be added or removed. Support staff will be on call to deal with urgent issues. We will be accepting orders and change requests up until 11th December for actioning before 22nd December 2020.

Place your orders via the Member Portal without delay!

How do we get content to you?

We are excited to announce that the next set of links in the intercap project are pending turn up.

  • 30Gbps SYD-MEL (Total 40Gbps)
  • 20Gbps SYD-ADL
  • 10Gbps ADL-MEL (Total 20Gbps)
  • 10Gbps ADL-PER (Total 20Gbps)

If all goes to plan, the new links will be up within the next month before the network embargo.

It is all about content, content, content!!

Due to increased demand IAA has increased cache capacity in two major capital cities.  We have added an additional 60Gbps of Netflix OCA capacity in Melbourne, and an additional 40Gbps in Brisbane.

The new Facebook caches in Brisbane and Perth are currently being commissioned by Facebook and will be available in the coming months.

IAA to engage in talks regarding CVC Boost Phase Out

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.

Embargo reminder

IAA will be implementing a change freeze on services between 23rd December 2020 and 10th January 2021 inclusive. During this time services will not be added or removed. Support staff will be on call to deal with urgent issues. Please remember all orders and change requests need to be received by December 11th, 2020.

IAA to increase Cache Capacity in Victoria

IAA will be increasing Melbourne’s cache capacity by an additional 100G for Netflix and Google caches in November. Members are reminded that the Facebook cache is an opt in service, but all other cache capacity will be available immediately.

Mirroring Services

We are in the process of building additional mirror servers and are open to suggestions for content! Is there any content you would like us to mirror? Do you prefer cat videos or linux distros? Let us know! Email our team on peering@internet.asn.au

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