[172977] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Jul 14 10:03:34 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <53C3DF39.6030708@meetinghouse.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:03:58 -0400
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jul 14, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> =
wrote:
> 7. In the absence of some reasonably balanced formal policies and =
regulations about settlements - we're going to keep seeing this kind of =
stuff.
I think here is where many of us may disagree.
While the current (public) dispute between Verizon and Netflix is fun =
for everyone to point fingers at saying "look here, there is a problem", =
the market also "mostly works". Verizon and Netflix seem to have =
reached (per press reports) an agreement and the largest problem today =
is the lack of ability to turn-up these ports quickly. Some market =
players move at light-speed, others at more glacial paces.
I've been paying close attention to this for a variety of reasons. I've =
heard stories of some incumbents taking double-digit months to provision =
these types of services to correct congestion. I'm expecting the =
resolution time-scale to be much longer than was seen with the Comcast =
<-> Netflix connections. =20
it would not surprise me if it took 18 months to provision these ports.
(I recall phoning AT&T once asking for 100m service at a commercial =
address and it took a swat-team of people on the phone to tell me they =
would be 4x/mo what I was paying.. I politely told them they were too =
expensive and to not schedule a 8 person conference call for a basic =
service level).
- Jared=
