[171728] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Mon May 12 09:40:09 2014
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:37:53 +0200
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Clayton Zekelman <clayton@MNSi.Net>, nanog@nanog.org
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On 12/05/2014 15:27, Clayton Zekelman wrote:
> I think that's where the biggest gulf exists. It doesn't seem fair. It
> seems like extortion. The last mile access guys are the gatekeepers to the
> end user, with little competition.
that is the core problem: lack of competition. Net neutrality is a kludge
to deal with a specific type of failure in the market.
Nick
