[132725] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Tue Nov 30 12:12:56 2010
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0B14CBEF@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:12:44 -0500
To: "George Bonser" <gbonser@seven.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:47 AM, George Bonser wrote:
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>> Seriously this has nothing to do with L3 but more with Netflix...it's
>> clear that the Netflix business model is eating into Comcast VoD
>> business and so they are strong arming other providers to affect
>> Netflix's business model. But as others have stated what would happen
>> if
>> Comcast starts coming after every service provider's hosting services
>> that Comcast doesn't like?
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>> Bret
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> I think it has more to do with this:
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http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_16526623?source
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> The cable companies are losing subs at an increasing rate. People are
> using them for internet and not buying the television programming. If
> Comcast can't collect from their "cord-cutting" customers, then they
> will collect from the content providers whose products their customers
> are using.
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I have been told that "cutting the cord" are the 3 most frightening =
words in the cable industry today.=20
IMO, they need to see that they are service providers, not gate-keepers. =
I am afraid that the Level-3 response here
may help them to cling on to the legacy business model and avoid facing =
the new situation before them.
Regards
Marshall=20
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