[171851] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick B)
Thu May 15 14:02:35 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CF9A7064.D1741%jason_livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:28:52 -0400
From: Nick B <nick@pelagiris.org>
To: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
By "categorically untrue" do you mean "FCC's open internet rules allow us
to refuse to upgrade full peers"?
Nick
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Livingood, Jason <
Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com> wrote:
> On 5/15/14, 12:43 PM, "Nick B" <nick@pelagiris.org> wrote:
>
>
> >Yes, you've got "some of the largest Internet companies as customers=C2=
=B2.
> >Because you told them "if you don't pay us, we'll throttle you". Then
> >you throttled them. I'm sorry, not a winning argument.
> >Nick
>
> That is categorically untrue, however nice a soundbite it may be. If you
> or anyone else truly believes we are throttling someone then I encourage
> you to file a formal complaint with the FCC. According to their Open
> Internet rules that we are bound to through at least 2018 (IIRC) we may
> not discriminate on traffic in that way, so there is a clear rule and a
> clear process for complaints.
>
> Jason
>
>
