[173335] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Tue Jul 22 11:06:45 2014
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:06:27 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
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Daniel Corbe wrote:
> Ca By <cb.list6@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Jul 22, 2014 7:04 AM, "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:
>>> Verizon wireless has other transits apart from 701.
>>>
>> That's interesting that they have a different capacity management strategy
>> for the competitive wireless market than they have for their captive
>> landline customers.
>>
>> Seems market forces are making wireless a functional network without the
>> peering brinksmanship while market failings are allowing landline to take
>> advantage of a captive install base
>>
> Or it could be that they're just functionally two different business
> units. From what my contacts at Verizon Wireless tell me, Verizon
> Business move at a glacial pace, so they buy circuits from whomever they
> can.
>
Definitely different business units. Verizon wireless has long been
somewhat at arms length from the rest of Verizon - part of the reason
that their consumer billing is such a pain.
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
