Members and guests enjoyed a lively and informative discussion featuring experts passionate about technology, its use and regulation at the IAA 2021 Technology Outlook session this week. Many attendees were keen to see ubiquitous, high bandwidth connectivity (either 5G or Starlink) for the myriad of nanotech and microchip manufacturer-driven IoT uses, but cautioned against the lack of security and privacy by design approaches, particularly when it comes to age and cognition appropriate services.

Benefits as simple as being able to visit a public venue have been achieved over the last year with simple online technology which perhaps should have come through national solutions, with better guarantees of privacy and security. Deplatforming was also a hot issue, with the need to balance between rights and service benefits highlighted. The prospect of more regulation on infrastructure providers in order to enforce content standards was considered likely, too.

Of news to most of us was hearing that “Data is not an object of property rights”, apparently property law doesn’t actually run to “data”, so perhaps we technologists should stick to the nuts and bolts, bits and bytes of Internet service delivery. It was a great session, folks. Check out our events page if you want a re-run.

Of course, another huge thank you goes to our panellists: Professor Katina Michael, Trevor Long and Professor Lyria Bennet Moses for their tremendous insights. Once again, a rock star panel!

You may have already seen on Facebook and Twitter that from January 1^st IAA has dropped the set-up fee for all 100Gbps ports, bringing them 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.

To upgrade your services or purchase new ports contact our peering team on peering@internet.asn.au

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