I can offer some comment about that. Prior to NZNOG conference this year I would have described it as Cambrian, or perhaps Jurassic. Or somesuch.
But after the NOG conference this year, and with the clear majority support of members of a group which included
Snap, FX, Callplus, Kordia, WXC, Voyager, Actrix, DTS, Orcon, RuralLink, Inspire, Unleash, Vodafone, Vocus we put forward an approach which sought to improve this policy. I forget now but basically 9 stepped forward in support and 5 didn't get around to it.
It was listened to by Chorus. And promises were made. So now we wait to see if we can emerge into a more modern age. I've no reason to think otherwise.
I'd like to think that something as agricultural as Cross Connect Policy should be quite considerate of the broader demands of the Internet Community to keep traffic fast and local where it makes sense. Reckon we'll need that in this brave new UFB age.