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* January: IPNet launched ([ref|http://www.unlimited.net.nz/unlimited.nsf/0/79B2526E25373F9DCC256942001D8961?OpenDocument])
* January: Xtra has 45,000 customers.
* July: Telecom New Zealand, Optus and MFS Globenet (subsequently taken over by ~WorldCom) agree to sponsor the [Southern Cross project.|http://www.southerncrosscables.com/public/AboutUs/default.cfm?PageID=43]
* July: Ihug first ISP to launch residential broadband in NZ - using satellite bandwidth
+* 8 September: Saturn installs first trial cable modem customers, in Lower Hutt, in conjunction with Actrix
* October: Ihug lands ~PanAmSat carrier in Newton Road, providing an additional path for inbound traffic
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* February - [NZNOG] [List created|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-February/000000.html] in its modern form by Donald Neal
* June
** [NZNOG] Mailing list has [18 Subscribers|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-June/000049.html].
** Xtra has 119,400 subscribers.
-* July -
Rex Croft pulls 202.7../23 out of Dunedin City Council for use on the [WIX]. There are attempts to give parts of this out to customers through [ISP]s ([ref|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-July/000096.html])
-* July -
[NZIX] upgraded from a single Cisco CAT 5000 to two fully redundant Cisco WS-2926 switches ([ref|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-July/000115.html])
+** Saturn launches commercial cable modem service with install of 1st customer on 26 June through NetLink.
+
* July
+** Actrix cable modem customers installed on Saturn commercial service.
+**
Rex Croft pulls 202.7../23 out of Dunedin City Council for use on the [WIX]. There are attempts to give parts of this out to customers through [ISP]s ([ref|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-July/000096.html])
+**
[NZIX] upgraded from a single Cisco CAT 5000 to two fully redundant Cisco WS-2926 switches ([ref|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1998-July/000115.html])
* CityLink have been providing connectivity between customers and ISPs for some time, but there has been little organised peering between ISPs before now. CityLink is unique as [MAN] and exchange building out to ISPs
* National Library peering over [WIX] with Clear, ICONZ, Netlink, Paradise, CityLink
** When National Library peered it was on a 386 notebook with two [Ethernet] cards running [Linux]
* October - Simon Blake announces availability of route servers on the WIX
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** Richard Naylor steals 192.203.154.0/24 from children (the original owner was Capital Discovery Place, a children's science & discovery centre operated by the Wellington City Council, but defunct by the time Richard pinched the IP address) and we use it to number peers on the [APE]
* i4free was using Clear Network
* June: Telecom ADSL (JetStream) launched - $89 per month for 600MB of traffic (ref: [Ministry of Economic Development info sheet|http://www.med.govt.nz/pbt/telecom/tip7/])
* August: [APE goes live for real|http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/1999-August/000743.html]
-* August - Saturn launch cable modem service in Wellington
* August - IHUG starts to sell calling cards which provide toll calls carried over IP
* Cleaning up the NZIX is discussed, again: there is a general desire to run BGP between peers on the exchange - nobody wants to be the first person to throw away OSPF routes
* 10 August - First peering session live on the [APE] (Plain Communications and CLEAR). CLEAR operates a fully open peering policy at the [APE], WIX and NZIX
* September: Southern Cross Cable landed at Takapuna, Auckland (ref: [Ministry of Economic Development info sheet|http://www.med.govt.nz/pbt/telecom/tip7/])
