[171808] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Staal)
Wed May 14 14:44:03 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:41:59 -0400
From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <da860e841e6c8c8e41a8685dbc306597@thefnf.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
--As of May 14, 2014 9:23:21 AM -0500, charles@thefnf.org is alleged to
have said:
>> So they seek new sources of revenues, and/or attempt to thwart
>> competition any way they can.
>
> No to the first. Yes to the second. If they were seeking new sources of
> revenue, they'd be massively expanding into un/der served markets and
> aggressively growing over the top services (which are fat margin). They
> did a bit of an advertising campaign of "smart home" offerings, but that
> seems to have never grown beyond a pilot.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
This whole argument is about them seeking new sources of revenue: The
content providers who their current customers want to access.
Daniel T. Staal
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