Joe Abley wrote:

I am doing some router upgrades in Auckland which will likely cause some BGP sessions to reset. There is no expected impact on local F-root service.

If anybody doesn't currently peer directly with the F-root node across the APE, please feel free to send your details to peering(a)isc.org and we'll get you set up.

Peering directly is a perfectly good option of course but note that if you're peering with the APE route servers you'll be getting a route to the F-root node over APE.