[173700] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Netflix To Cogent To World
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Jul 31 13:14:54 2014
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From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <201407310821.39593.mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:10:49 -0700
To: mark.tinka@seacom.mu
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Jul 30, 2014, at 11:21 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:35:32 AM Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> 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?
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> For 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.
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> 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.
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> Mark.
You are still misinterpreting my statement, or at least it appears
that you are.
I am not saying that Netflix is attempting to =93grab=94. I=92m saying =
that
Netflix is the target as the content distributors that are already ISPs
attempt to prevent Netflix from capturing more of their content
customers. (Netflix is also a distributor, not owner).
AT&T, Verizon, et. al. also have content businesses and it appears
to me that this battle is an attempt by them to reduce Netflix=92
inroads into that business.
IOW, the incumbent ISPs seem to be doing exactly what you described
as an effort to protect their traditional content businesses.
Owen
