[173690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netflix To Cogent To World
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Thu Jul 31 02:21:53 2014
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From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:21:39 +0200
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On Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:35:32 AM Owen DeLong wrote:
> In that case, I would argue that the attempts to freeze
> Netflix out in a SlowLane extortion scheme are a move by
> the existing content/ISP conglomerates to do just
> exactly that, no?
=46or Netflix, I can't say for sure whether it is a deliberate=20
attempt to "grab" them or not, but yes, the current=20
environment certainly has the makings of what it would take=20
to achieve such an outcome, on purpose or by accident.
That said, as successful as Netflix are, I believe there are=20
other content owners out there that are more likely to=20
challenge the traditional ISP model that Netflix ever could.=20
Those are the ones I'm more concerned about.
Mark.
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