[171732] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon May 12 10:13:23 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <5370C664.5050405@foobar.org>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 07:07:33 -0700
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On May 12, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
> On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote:
>> imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay
>> person. <http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/>. my
>> friends in last mile providers disagree. i take that as a good sign.
>
> Vi's analogy is wrong on a subtle but important point. In the analogy, the
> delivery company needs to get a bunch of new trucks to handle the delivery
> but as the customer is paying for each delivery instances, the delivery
> company's costs are covered by increased end-user charges.
Two words nuke your suggestion here: Amazon Prime
Owen
