Hi Petar, I thought I would wait a few days before responding. I¹ll leave WAIA¹s decision to extend outside of Australia and its potential impact for your members. But I would just like to correct the following statement.
Kind regards
Petar Nikolich WAIA Executive
P.S. Full Disclosure - Bevan once bought me a drink at Ausnog in case anyone cares :-)
Full Disclosure: I¹m pretty sure you are aware I bought WAIA a lot more than a drink, but in case you aren¹t. In 2011/12 when TPG/PIPE started going a bit ferrel WAIA/IX Australia was considering expanding, WAIA needed some help to get established on the East Coast. I (through my companies) helped Joe and WAIA assistance with getting established: - Free racks for WAIA¹s an extended period of time in M1 (Melbourne) and B1 (Brisbane) data centres (which I think also happened in S1) - Some reduced cross-connects (think some were free) to establish peers under trial - I personally emailed dozens of key NEXTDC clients and strategic industry contacts to introduce Joe and WAIA/IX-Australia to hopefully get them on board (which many did) - Invited Joe to our industry events to meet our key clients in these markets My relationship with WAIA goes back over a decade. Despite PIPE¹s leadership position in peering and a pretty good fibre footprint in Perth along with all the switch and router equipment necessary already installed (PIPE offered other ethernet services), PIPE never launched peering into W.A. That maybe something you should speak to the previous WAIA Executive about. Bit disappointing that history is trying to be re-written, but such is life. Anyway all the best. Cheers [b]