[171408] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Mon Apr 28 13:09:16 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20140428162913.GB23471@stargate.ca>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Hugo Slabbert wrote:
> Comcast is the destination network for the traffic; they're not providing
> transit services to Netflix. Comcast needs to accept the Netflix traffic
> that Comcast's customers are requesting *somehow*; I don't see why they get
> to charge Netflix for a private peering relationship that's beneficial to
> both sides.
If done on a cost-recovery basis (alternating or otherwise), the net cost
to both providers should be small, well within the of the boundaries of a
standard cost of doing business. That argument also seems to be
overlooked by people in the "Yes, $ISP should be able to charge both
customers and content providers for the same traffic" camp.
jms
