[172906] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Sat Jul 12 22:25:31 2014
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:25:01 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
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Randy Bush wrote:
>> Right now, peering agreements are the wild west.
> no. those days passed in the last century. you just don't know them.
> but then, you are not an operator so no surprise.
>
> what you are seeing, and creating massive noise around, is a business
> war between the last mile cartel and the content they envy and want
> to supplant or at least bleed. transit, peering, caching, etc. are
> just business and technical tools being used in that war. keep eye on
> doughnut, not the hole.
>
>
Sure looks like a wild west range war to me. And let's not forget that
Netflix is not some tiny company anymore - 1/3 of Internet traffic or
some such, 46million members, $1billion Q1 income. Yeah - big guys
fighting, no established law or regulation (well, there was, but the
Supreme Court overturned it) - looks like a range war to me.
Miles
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
