[153094] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Comcast Service for Non-Cap Bandwidth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nabil Sharma)
Tue May 29 20:38:41 2012
From: Nabil Sharma <nabilsharma@hotmail.com>
To: <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 00:38:08 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20120529175230.GF8479@hiwaay.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Adams:
I would like to understand how this works. I see the Comcast VOD servers f=
or San Francisco are in Seattle=2C higher round trip and route mile than ou=
r servers at Soft Layer in San Jose. We are costing Comcast less money tha=
n their own content.
Signed=2C
Nabil
> Date: Tue=2C 29 May 2012 12:52:30 -0500
> From: cmadams@hiwaay.net
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Comcast Service for Non-Cap Bandwidth
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> Once upon a time=2C Nabil Sharma <nabilsharma@hotmail.com> said:
> > I generate http test stream with DSCP code point 5 to match the Xbox se=
rvice=2C however Comcast is rewriting the packets as CS 1=2C even when serv=
ing out a server at Soft Layer (paid peer). This is why I ask for name of =
service Microsoft is using=2C it is not the regular paid peering.
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> It is my understanding that the Xbox On-Demand streaming is just talking
> to the regular On-Demand servers at the head-end (just like On-Demand
> over QAM works)=3B the traffic has nothing to do with Microsoft's network=
=2C
> peering=2C etc. That's why Comcast doesn't count it against any caps=3B =
it
> isn't transit traffic=2C it is local.
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> Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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