[171418] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Mezei)
Mon Apr 28 16:41:50 2014
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:41:41 -0400
From: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 14-04-28 09:23, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Comcast sells wholesale transit -
> http://www.comcast.com/dedicatedinternet/?SCRedirect=true
>
> And it has a settlement free peering policy - with a stated
> requirement that traffic exchanged be symmetrical.
Analysing the effects of vertical integration is often best done by
running structural separation scenarios.
Netflix does not give content to Comcast-transit, it gives it to
Comcast-ISP, this is especially true of cases where a network cache
server is installed inside Comcast-ISP network.
If Comcast-ISP told Netflix to install cache servers at one location,
and then Comcast-ISP uses Comcast-transit to distribute content to all
the cities it serves, it should be Comcast-ISP paying Comcast-transit
for that service.
It could just as well have installed the netflix appliance in every
major city and not have to purchase transit from Comcast-transit.
