[136082] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon acquiring Terremark
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Tue Feb 1 01:11:57 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim2GePE4O7FYn2KCLJc3s2dRNVE9e8=-k8_jvci@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 00:10:03 -0600
To: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 31, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote:
>=20
>> What does neutral really mean anyways? Terremark has sold, is =
selling and
>=20
> It is the same concept as network neutrality.
> An example of a non-neutral IP network is one where a competitor's =
website or
> service is blocked by the network operator.
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> A facility is carrier neutral if it is operated by an independent =
organization.
> An example of a non-neutral exchange is one that only allows specific
> tenants to connect to other tenants; other tenants besides the =
chosen ones
> are forbidden from connecting to anyone besides a preferred tenant,
> or have to pay higher rates for each connection to another provider =
who
> is not a 'preferred' tenant.
I don't know - it's an oversimplification. Even the "independent =
organization" is still trying to pull in revenue. Given the opportunity =
to make money on interconnections, they do so. And the idea of =
"neutral" is pretty hard to define, when you mix together all of the =
participants' different business relationships and incentives, operating =
margins and price variations, etc.
They'll say: "Sure you can connect to anybody you want. As long as you =
pay a monthly cross-connect fee. And as long as the other party is =
paying for a presence in my facility, too." But do you know who pays =
how much? In the end, are you sure that a carrier "neutral" facility =
offers a better price than a non-neutral facility, for any given =
connectivity? I'd suggest that "carrier neutrality" is subjective and =
isn't really the metric you need in a colo / datacenter facility.
Cheers,
-Benson
