[132620] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Nov 29 19:55:52 2010
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:11:18 CST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:52:19 -0500
Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog@nanog.org>, "'Rettke,
Brian'" <Brian.Rettke@cableone.biz>
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:11:18 CST, Jack Bates said:
> I agree. This type of maneuver is no different than ESPN3 charging the
> ISP for the ISP customers to access the content. Both are unscalable
> models that threaten the foundation of an open Internet.
Oddly enough, cable channels like ESPN asking for a per-subscriber fee
from cable delivery networks like Comcast has been a mostly-scalable
model for the cable-TV arena for three or four decades now....
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