[132668] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Nov 30 01:16:37 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1011292137120.27378@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:10:52 -0800
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>=20
> AFAIC, Comcast really doesn't have a leg to stand on by doing this. =
Unfortunately L3 set a very bad precedent by caving into Comcast's =
pressure.
>=20
Actually, by paying but crying foul, I think L3 is doing the best they =
can with a bad situation and as much as it pains me, I applaud
L3 for this. The other options were:
+ Cave without crying foul -- Bad on both fronts.
+ Refuse -- Moral high ground, but, degraded service harmful to =
L3 and Comcast customers alike.
I think it is better to try and preserve good user experiences and =
resolve the situation through "diplomatic" methods
as L3 appears to be attempting to do. Hopefully this will lead to =
sufficient "peer pressure" (no pun intended) to
get Comcast to eventually renege.
Owen
