[171712] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul WALL)
Sat May 10 17:57:46 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CF9240D9.D088C%jason_livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 21:56:53 +0000
From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
The pertinent question is what time period Level 3 was looking at /
averaging when writing the blog post.
Even if Comcast and Level 3 are not congested right at this moment,
they were most definitely congested several years following their
landmark agreement. A better question would be why that is/was.
Drive Slow,
Paul Wall
On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Livingood, Jason
<Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff =E2=80=93 I noticed the question posed here so thought I=E2=80=99=
d respond, perhaps at risk of stirring up a hornet=E2=80=99s nest given how=
long the last thread was. ;-) Anyway=E2=80=A6 there=E2=80=99s no congestio=
n between Comcast and Level 3 connections, and we=E2=80=99re working collab=
oratively with Level 3. Given these facts, we have no reason to believe th=
at Comcast is on their list.
>
> - Jason
> Comcast
>
> On 5/8/14, 1:18 PM, "=3DJeffH" <Jeff.Hodges@KingsMountain.com<mailto:Jeff=
.Hodges@KingsMountain.com>> wrote:
>
> 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=E2=80=99d love to see Cogent, Google and other providers release th=
eir data next, so even if the FCC doesn=E2=80=99t want to pursue this, a gr=
owing cry of consumer outrage could push the agency to do something about a=
very real and difficult problem that=E2=80=99s crippling access to video c=
ontent on 5 U.S. broadband networks. Level 3 didn=E2=80=99t name names, but=
based on the deals Netflix has signed and the complaints it has made about=
AT&T, I=E2=80=99m confident that AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are among the f=
ive. "
>
>
