[AusNOG] Domestic Peering WAS: Vocus peering traffic missingfrom PIPE-IX?

[Chris Ricks]

Offensive? I'm not sure you know the meaning of the word!

The issue in Australia is that we see concerns around technology being poorly addressed due to a number of reasons. The arrangement in place should never have occurred, but our governments are typically short sighed.

Similar to changes in DST effect dates, we have governments willing to make statements without the slightest consideration or understanding of the impact and ask on those companies and persons who provide the infrastructure and expertise that supports the society that elects them. 

Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm going to commit multiple stupidities here -- responding to this 
>without reading the rest of the thread and being an outsider discussing 
>Australian politics (I'm Canadian). However, in Canada at least I would 
>approach this from a different angle. Could you find the right people 
>either in the civil service3 or in the Prime Minister's Office (if there 
>is such a thing) to have a chat with first?
>
>Forgive me if I'm being really offensive.
>
>Tom Taylor
>
>On 12-11-08 07:05 PM, Chris Ricks wrote:
>> On 09/11/12 10:51, Luke Iggleden wrote:
>>> On 9/11/12 10:42 AM, Chris Ricks wrote:
>>>> Late last year, I wrote to representatives from three political parties,
>>>> the ACCC and NBN Co on the issue of this braindead GoF arrangement.
>>>>
>>>> I received the following responses:
>>>>
>>>>    *  From Mr Conroy: Nothing
>>>>    *  From Mr Turnbull: I was subscribed to his mailing list
>>>>    *  From various people from The Greens: Thanks - we'll look into it!
>>>>    *  From the ACCC: Nothing
>>>>    *  From NBN Co: The ACCC looked at it again around 2007 and found no
>>>>      need to review the arrangement
>>>>
>>>> The fact that Conroy has made zero statements on the agreement whilst
>>>> making ignorant statements about additional submarine cable capacity
>>>> being something he'd consider the government getting involved in shows
>>>> that a complete examination of current market issues is simply not being
>>>> addressed by the people who should be doing so.
>>>>
>>>> - Chris
>>>
>>> Perhaps old skool, but perhaps we need to get a group of signatures
>>> from members of the AUSNOG group. It's difficult to get one
>>> person/company to make enough noise to get noticed.
>>>
>>> I suggest a suitable model for how it should be done be drawn up
>>> first. Leaving it up to the ACCC/Government to decide clearly is a fail.
>>>
>>> I'm glad Conroy didn't touch it, he'd probably legislate to send all
>>> our packets over his (proposed) new submarine cable and remove
>>> domestic peering altogether.
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>>
>> Sounds like a plan to me. Personally, I quite like Simon Hackett's
>> proposal in that regard - thoughts?
>>
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