[140709] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netflix Is Eating Up More Of North America's Bandwidth Than
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Wed May 18 11:15:54 2011
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
In-Reply-To: <B925B320C2655641ADBBFC00B1F0B82004754DB5@ukbb3.ukbroadband.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 17:14:21 +0200
To: "Leigh Porter" <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
Cc: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 18 mei 2011, at 12:06, Leigh Porter wrote:
> Well it depends if Netflix pay for the bandwidth they use or if they =
get
> it all for free with non settlement peering.
The whole point of peering is that both sides benefit. A bit like one =
bringing the traffic to the half way point and the other taking it the =
other half of the way.
Remember that all bits are paid for by the customers on both sides.
> If, suddenly, your business
> model breaks because of a huge demand for high bandwidth services by
> your customers then either you need to charge your customers more or
> Netflix (or whoever) need to share the pie.
Anyone who builds an internet-related business model without taking into =
account the bandwidth use graph going straight from bottom left to upper =
right has no business being in this business. So charge your customers =
more if you have to.
But charging third parties for the privilige of being able to send them =
the data your customers, who are already paying you, are trying to =
retrieve will turn the internet into the next cable or phone network =
where innovation happens within the confines of what the network owners =
feel comfortable with. In other words, the end of the internet as we =
know and love/hate it today. Don't slaughter the goose with the golden =
eggs.=
