[172809] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Thu Jul 10 21:12:19 2014
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:12:02 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
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Randy Bush wrote:
>> And, of course, one might ask why Netflix isn't ... making use of a
>> caching network like Akamai, as many other large traffic sources do
>> on a routine basis.
> they do. netflix rolls their own cache servers, installable in any
> network
>
>
At the ISPs expense, including connectivity to a peering point. Most
content providers pay Akamai, Netflix wants ISPs to pay them. Hmmm....
Now I write a check every month to both Verizon and Netflix - and
clearly it would be nice if some of that went to provisioning better
service between the two. But I can as easily point to Netflix, as to
Verizon, when it comes to which dollar stream should be going to bigger
(or more efficient) pipes.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
