Transcript PITA

PacNOG Update
APIA and ISOC-AU Joint Forum
APRICOT 2006
28 Feb 2006
Fred Christopher
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About us
• Pacific NOG
• Formed after APNIC 18, Fiji Islands (2004)
– A forum for Pacific Islands ISPs and network
operators
• Support
– APNIC hosting [email protected] mailing list
– http://www.pacnog.org voluntarily maintained by Philip
Smith
• Coordination & Host
– Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association (PITA)
• www.pita.org.fj
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PacNOG 1
• Held in June 2005, Fiji
– Network startup, routing and multihoming hands-on
workshop
– 27 network and ISP engineers
– 13 Pacific Islands countries
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Some of the Key Issues from the Pacific
• Satellite
– High circuit costs
– Latency
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Remoteness
Dispersed populations
Skilled workers Churn
Sources of Power in
outer islands
• Public literacy &
education
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Needs
• Continuous support for transfer of key
skills to IP-ISP engineers
• Replication of training in region
• Develop Interactive DVD-Rom for basic
skills training
• Exchange/interactions with other groups
and experts, Alerts, Threats, etc
• Support from partners, friends and
advocates for development of IP Skills in
the Pacific Islands
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Activities
• Newly formed group
• Mailing lists exchange on alerts, equipment
assistance, problems, developments
• Discussions of key topics for PACNOG
Training
• Open to suggestions
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Future planning
• PacNOG 2 planning underway
– Samoa, July 19, 2006
• Issues to address
– More training
• DNS, Security, Advanced BGP, routing
• Expert help
– Sponsors
• PITA to actively supporting future PacNOG
annual event
• Voluntary support welcome
• Discuss with us via [email protected]
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Thank you
Questions??
Fred Christopher
PITA Manager
FIJI
[email protected]
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