[172909] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Sat Jul 12 22:50:23 2014
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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:50:03 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
CC: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <m238e62d4j.wl%randy@psg.com>
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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.
> ahhh. so
>
> not government regulated == wild west
>
> got it
>
> randy
lawless, big guys fighting with little guys in the middle == wild west
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
