[171669] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=JeffH)
Thu May 8 13:10:36 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 10:10:19 -0700
From: =JeffH <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> http://blog.level3.com/global-connectivity/observations-internet-middl=
eman/
See also...
Level 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in pee=
ring
http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/level-3-accuses-five-unnamed-us-isps-of-abus=
ing-their-market-power-in-peering/
"...
I=92d love to see Cogent, Google and other providers release their data n=
ext,=20
so even if the FCC doesn=92t want to pursue this, a growing cry of consum=
er=20
outrage could push the agency to do something about a very real and=20
difficult problem that=92s crippling access to video content on 5 U.S.=20
broadband networks. Level 3 didn=92t name names, but based on the deals=20
Netflix has signed and the complaints it has made about AT&T, I=92m confi=
dent=20
that AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are among the five. "
