On 11/30/2010 6:33 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
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On 30/11/2010, at 9:28 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/level-3-communications-issues-statement-concerning-comcasts-actions-2010-11-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp>
I understand that politics is off-topic, but this policy affects operational
aspects of the 'Net.
Just to be clear, L3 is saying content providers should not have to pay to deliver
content to broadband providers who have their own product which has content as well. I
am certain all the content providers on this list are happy to hear L3's change of heart
and will be applying for settlement free peering tomorrow. (L3 wouldn't want other
providers to claim the Vyvx or CDN or other content services provided by L3 are competing
and L3 is putting up a "toll booth" on the Internet, would they?)
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TTFN,
patrick
So in this particular game of chicken, Comcast wins. Shame that L3 agreed to
this, sets a bad precedent. I have to imagine that Comcast would have been the
worse for wear, their phone lines would have lit up like a Christmas tree --
why can't I access...?
jy
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This whole mess concerns me about the future of the internet. If the
traffic can't get to the clients by routing around a depeering..is the
internet really working as designed? I don't think so. Peering has
become the gateway to the ultimate in network control...while it's the
provider's prerogative who access their network..peering has become a
club for access and has become the instrument of removing the basic
design wins of the internet.
