Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-27 Thread Owen DeLong
To: Frank Bulk Cc: Naslund, Steve; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Since a second build-out is impractical (if not actually impossible) and they don't sell UNEs, they are, in fact, pretty much exempt from direct competition for the same services. Owen

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-26 Thread Frank Bulk
, Steve [mailto:snasl...@medline.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:16 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Many rural LECs are not required to provide unbundled network elements. As a network provider you can resell their service

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Steve Naslund snasl...@medline.com You are right but that is usually how it works with fiber because that last drop to the home is a pretty expensive piece that you don't usually want installed until it is needed. The LECS usually don't even light a

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Mark Tinka
On Monday, March 24, 2014 04:26:11 AM Naslund, Steve wrote: If you are going to try to do a fiber build out to the home, what would be the monthly cost of just the cable if I cannot sell services on it and is anyone will the pay the much. If I have to pay something like say $40 a month for

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Joe Greco
The economic reality is that if I build out an expensive infrastructure I have to pile on as many high priced services as possible to order to maximize the revenue from it. A customer who does not balk at a $200 a month TV/voice/Internet service is not going to be happy getting a bill of

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Tei
On 24 March 2014 10:47, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Here in Illinois, we have been paying for the construction of our tollway in perpetuity. When it was originally built the state promised to remove the tolls as soon as construction costs were recovered. We are still waiting and

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Lamar Owen
On 03/23/2014 11:08 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: Not sure which rural LECs are exempt from competition. This is a quagmire;but it boils down to if the FCC says they're exempt, then they're exempt and have a 'rural monopoly' (there's a lot of caselaw and a number of FCC Report and Orders (and further

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Bob Evans b...@fiberinternetcenter.com Well, don't forget the labor, taxes, business licenses fees, county taxes on chairs, Obama care, accountants and time required. $ enable # conf t (conf)# Obamacare ^ command not understood Cheers, -- jra --

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Steve Naslund snasl...@medline.com What do you mean by average monthly bill? That is the issue here. The average monthly bill includes the services you are getting. In the Chicago area a fiber optic access circuit unbundled from the imcumbent carrier to a

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Naslund, Steve
line is that if you can get a residential customer to pay even $700 construction charge very often, I will be impressed. Steve -Original Message- From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 12:25 PM To: NANOG Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Naslund, Steve
and cross my one acre lot with it? Steven Naslund Chicago IL -Original Message- From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 12:25 PM To: NANOG Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica - Original Message - From: Steve Naslund snasl

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Naslund, Steve snasl...@medline.comwrote: [...] The economic reality is that if I build out an expensive infrastructure I have to pile on as many high priced services as possible to order to maximize the revenue from it. A customer who does not balk at a $200

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Steve Naslund snasl...@medline.com Thinking about this again, let's take Jay at his word that he can make a passing for $700-800. Let's not. I was quoting vendors who had themselves been quoted by other NANOGers. Whether those other NANOGers had *paid*

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Owen DeLong
never be a free market. -Original Message- From: Larry Sheldon [mailto:larryshel...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:54 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica *too old, failing memory and all, I'll have to go read up

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Owen DeLong
[mailto:snasl...@medline.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:16 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Many rural LECs are not required to provide unbundled network elements. As a network provider you can resell their service

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Owen DeLong
blames Internet slowdowns on Technica - Original Message - From: Steve Naslund snasl...@medline.com What do you mean by average monthly bill? That is the issue here. The average monthly bill includes the services you are getting. In the Chicago area a fiber optic access circuit

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Naslund, Steve
You are right but that is usually how it works with fiber because that last drop to the home is a pretty expensive piece that you don't usually want installed until it is needed. The LECS usually don't even light a building unless there is a service that requires it. I was trying to make the

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-24 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Naslund, Steve snasl...@medline.com wrote: You are right but that is usually how it works with fiber because that last drop to the home is a pretty expensive piece that you don't usually want installed until it is needed. The LECS usually don't even light a

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
We don't know because the service provider rolls that cost up along with th= e services they sell. That is my point. They are able to spread the costs= out based on the profitable services they sell. Okay. If they were not able to = sell us services I am not sure they could afford to

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
... In fact, having been a service provider I can tell you that I paid the LEC about $4 a month for a copper pair to your house to sell DSL service at around ten times that cost. I am sure the LEC was not making money at the $4 a month and I know I could not fund a build out for that

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
To: David Miller Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica How come no one ever asks if competition is required?

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Frank Bulk
RLECs, as well as satellite providers. I'm not aware of any exclusivity. Frank -Original Message- From: Naslund, Steve [mailto:snasl...@medline.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:00 PM To: Joe Greco Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica snip

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
[mailto:frnk...@iname.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:08 PM To: Naslund, Steve Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Not sure which rural LECs are exempt from competition. Some areas are effectively exempt from facilities-based (i.e. wireline

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Frank Bulk
Message- From: Naslund, Steve [mailto:snasl...@medline.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:16 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Many rural LECs are not required to provide unbundled network elements. As a network provider you can

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Many rural LECs are not required to provide unbundled network elements. As a network provider you can resell their service but they are not required to provide unbundled elements necessary to compete against them as a facilities based provider. So

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-23 Thread Naslund, Steve
-Original Message- From: Naslund, Steve [mailto:snasl...@medline.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:16 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Many rural LECs are not required to provide unbundled network elements. As a network provider

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Bryan Socha
: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica *too old, failing memory and all, I'll have to go read up on natural monopoly--I can not think of one that does not require regulation and force of arms to exist.

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread TGLASSEY
I want to ask you folks something... How do you as the people operating the network think two exabytes of data gets pushed across your networks to each of the PRISM Collection Sites (daily) with no one noticing... Know what I mean? Todd Glassey On 3/21/2014 6:54 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:18 AM, TGLASSEY tglas...@earthlink.net wrote: I want to ask you folks something... How do you as the people operating the network think two exabytes of data gets pushed across your networks to each of the PRISM Collection Sites (daily) with no one noticing... Know

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Frank Bulk
are not typically politically or regulatorily motivated. Frank -Original Message- From: Eric Wieling [mailto:ewiel...@nyigc.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:45 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica Make the regulation and force of arms

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Niels Bakker
* snasl...@medline.com (Naslund, Steve) [Fri 21 Mar 2014, 17:00 CET]: I see no reason why the US model would not work in any market economy. Why would market economies switch to the US model? Consumers there pay a lot more for much less performance. -- Niels.

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Randy Bush
Why would market economies switch to the US model? Consumers there pay a lot more for much less performance. stateside consumer internet is a third world country ruled by robber barons supported by a corrupt government. skip the politics and hyperbole and judge by the bottom line. at home

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 3/22/2014 12:24 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: It's my understanding and experience that most gov't jurisdictions will give CLECs and other telecommunication providers access to the RoW -- generally speaking it's not exclusive to ILECs or MSOs. Now the challenge may be finding room in the existing

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-22 Thread Paul WALL
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:18 AM, TGLASSEY tglas...@earthlink.net wrote: How do you as the people operating the network think two exabytes of data gets pushed across your networks to each of the PRISM Collection Sites (daily) with no one noticing... Know what I mean? Wouldn't You Like To

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Sholes, Joshua
How do you get around the problem of natural monopolies, then? Or should we be moving to a world where, say, a dozen or more separate companies are all running fiber or coax on the poles on my street in an effort to get to my house? IMHO, the only way to get real competition on the last mile is

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Naslund, Steve
How do you get around the problem of natural monopolies, then? Or should we be moving to a world where, say, a dozen or more separate companies are all running fiber or coax on the poles on my street in an effort to get to my house? We already did it. The Telecommunications Act allows

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Joe Greco
How do you get around the problem of natural monopolies, then? Or should we be moving to a world where, say, a dozen or more separate companies are all running fiber or coax on the poles on my street in an effort to get to my house? IMHO, the only way to get real competition on the last

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Sholes, Joshua
http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm This boooklet is now maybe ~5-10 years old so it doesn't reflect more recent developments. We *let* the monopolies (er, duopolies in some cases) get away with the regulatory and legislative manipulation that led to the current outcome, That's

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, March 21, 2014 04:25:09 PM Naslund, Steve wrote: Nice idea, too bad no one can make any money on building infrastructure but not selling the services on top of it. Remember Global Crossing? You are asking one company to put up all the capital expense and then try to recover it

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Naslund, Steve snasl...@medline.com wrote: Nice idea, too bad no one can make any money on building infrastructure but not selling the services on top of it. Remember Global Crossing? You are asking one company to put up all the capital expense and then try

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Bob Evans
Well, don't forget the labor, taxes, business licenses fees, county taxes on chairs, Obama care, accountants and time required. Bob Evans CTO Bob Evans CTO Do you need IPv4 space to lease, space you can use until IPv6 is the standard? On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Naslund, Steve

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Wayne E Bouchard
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 02:30:45PM +, Sholes, Joshua wrote: http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm This boooklet is now maybe ~5-10 years old so it doesn't reflect more recent developments. We *let* the monopolies (er, duopolies in some cases) get away with the regulatory

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Naslund, Steve
-Original Message- From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jim...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:15 AM To: Naslund, Steve Cc: Sholes, Joshua; Larry Sheldon; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Naslund, Steve snasl

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Naslund, Steve
that right). Steven Naslund -Original Message- From: Mark Tinka [mailto:mark.ti...@seacom.mu] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:01 AM To: Naslund, Steve Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On Friday, March 21, 2014 04:46:13 PM Naslund, Steve wrote: First question to ask

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Naslund, Steve snasl...@medline.com wrote: What do you mean by average monthly bill? What is the average monthly (non-subsidized) access cost that your friends and family pay each month? -Jim P.

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Naslund, Steve
for that price. Steven Naslund -Original Message- From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jim...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:07 AM To: Naslund, Steve Cc: Sholes, Joshua; Larry Sheldon; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, March 21, 2014 05:59:54 PM Naslund, Steve wrote: So, as far as the government or Wall Street funding the build out of the commercial Internet, that is not what happened. Lots of terrestrial and submarine optical fibre was built in the late 90's, and much of it has either gone

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Keegan Holley
Message- From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jim...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:07 AM To: Naslund, Steve Cc: Sholes, Joshua; Larry Sheldon; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Naslund, Steve snasl

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Keegan Holley
/2014 21:56 (GMT-05:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On 3/20/2014 at 4:17 PM Bryan Fields wrote: |On 3/20/14, 12:34 PM, Blake Hudson wrote: | The solution seems to be competition or regulation. |I'd prefer competition to regulation

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Adrian
On Friday 21 March 2014 09:13:28 Naslund, Steve wrote: ... In fact, having been a service provider I can tell you that I paid the LEC about $4 a month for a copper pair to your house to sell DSL service at around ten times that cost. I am sure the LEC was not making money at the $4 a month

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Keegan Holley no.s...@comcast.net wrote: How come no one ever asks if competition is required? I think the issue here is there is competition, but those you are seen as competing with are in a different strata providing the same service. eg: Cellular data

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Joe Greco
We don't know because the service provider rolls that cost up along with th= e services they sell. That is my point. They are able to spread the costs= out based on the profitable services they sell. Okay. If they were not able to = sell us services I am not sure they could afford to

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Why wouldn't you instead charge for the build out as a NRC and then charge for maintenance as a MRC? I for one would be willing to bear a high NRC start-up cost for someone building fiber to my home. Not everyone would make

Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread Keegan Holley
On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Keegan Holley no.s...@comcast.net wrote: How come no one ever asks if competition is required? I think the issue here is there is competition, but those you are seen as competing with

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:13 , Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Why wouldn't you instead charge for the build out as a NRC and then charge for maintenance as a MRC? I for one would be willing to bear a high NRC

Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Keegan Holley no.s...@comcast.net wrote: Again why is the market so important? It just fascinates me that no one questions it. Howdy, The impact of competition was extensively questioned and researched with respect to U.S. Government contracting rules in the

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Joe Greco
On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Why wouldn't you instead charge for the build out as a NRC and then = charge=20 for maintenance as a MRC? I for one would be willing to bear a high NRC start-up cost for someone = building fiber to my home. Not everyone

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Why wouldn't you instead charge for the build out as a NRC and then = charge=20 for maintenance as a MRC? I for one would be willing to bear a high NRC

Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread Wayne E Bouchard
The impact of competition was extensively questioned and researched with respect to U.S. Government contracting rules in the early '80s. This led to the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Since then there's been the routine grumble about the lowest quality bidder and the periodic scandal

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 3/21/2014 9:13 AM, Sholes, Joshua wrote: How do you get around the problem of natural monopolies, then? My strongly held belief is that if the natural monopoly* becomes oppressive somebody in their garage will find another way, and absent regulation and force of arms available to the

RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-21 Thread Eric Wieling
the last mile can never be a free market. -Original Message- From: Larry Sheldon [mailto:larryshel...@cox.net] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:54 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica *too old, failing memory and all, I'll have to go read up

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-20 Thread David Miller
Unless I am reading the tea leaves wrong competition will require regulation. Original message From: Mike. the.li...@mgm51.com Date: 03/20/2014 21:56 (GMT-05:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica On 3/20/2014 at 4:17

Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

2014-03-20 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 3/20/2014 10:47 PM, David Miller wrote: Unless I am reading the tea leaves wrong competition will require regulation. regulation prevents competition. That is why people want regulation. Look at this thread at the people who do not want to be competed-with at L1, for example. --