[171741] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon May 12 13:32:19 2014
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From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 13:06:55 -0400
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
In-Reply-To: <5370CEB1.9050705@foobar.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On May 12, 2014 at 15:37 nick@foobar.org (Nick Hilliard) wrote:
> 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.
HOWEVER, I do agree with this comment.
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