[129669] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Boyd)
Thu Sep 16 09:19:43 2010
From: Chris Boyd <cboyd@gizmopartners.com>
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0A52AD76@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:19:27 -0500
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:15 AM, George Bonser wrote:
> I believe a network should be able to sell priotitization at the edge,
> but not in the core. I have no problem with Y!, for example, paying a
> network to be prioritized ahead of bit torrent on the segment to the =
end
> user but I do have a problem with networks selling prioritized access
> through the core as that only gives an incentive to congest the =
network
> to create revenue.
<end user>
I DO have a problem with a content provider paying to get priority =
access on the last mile. I have no particular interest in any of the =
content that Yahoo provides, but I do have an interest in downloading my =
Linux updates via torrents. Should I have to go back and bid against =
Yahoo just so I can get my packets in a timely fashion?
</end user>
I understand that the last mile is going to be a congestion point, but =
the idea of allowing a bidding war for priority access for that capacity =
seems to be a path to madness.
--Chris=
