[171689] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Livingood, Jason)
Fri May 9 08:28:47 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
To: =JeffH <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 12:27:58 +0000
In-Reply-To: <536BBC62.4070805@KingsMountain.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Hi Jeff =96 I noticed the question posed here so thought I=92d respond, per=
haps at risk of stirring up a hornet=92s nest given how long the last threa=
d was. ;-) Anyway=85 there=92s no congestion between Comcast and Level 3 co=
nnections, and we=92re working collaboratively with Level 3. Given these f=
acts, we have no reason to believe that Comcast is on their list.
- Jason
Comcast
On 5/8/14, 1:18 PM, "=3DJeffH" <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com<mailto:Jeff.H=
odges@KingsMountain.com>> wrote:
Level 3 accuses five unnamed US ISPs of abusing their market power in peeri=
ng
http://gigaom.com/2014/05/05/level-3-accuses-five-unnamed-us-isps-of-abusin=
g-their-market-power-in-peering/
"...I=92d love to see Cogent, Google and other providers release their data=
next, so even if the FCC doesn=92t want to pursue this, a growing cry of c=
onsumer outrage could push the agency to do something about a very real and=
difficult problem that=92s crippling access to video content on 5 U.S. bro=
adband networks. Level 3 didn=92t name names, but based on the deals Netfli=
x has signed and the complaints it has made about AT&T, I=92m confident tha=
t AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are among the five. "
