I presumed Cogent did it at the request of Comcast. After all, Netflix
creates less demand for their CATV offering.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Burgess
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 4:29 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Best NN Article I've Read
I take two parts to this..
1. So when Cogent, a transit provider that sits in the middle of content
owners and ISPs was caught prioritizing Netflix’s traffic into Comcast, why
weren’t proponents of net neutrality up in arms? Why weren’t they calling on
the FCC to do something? [Cogent Now Admits They Slowed Down Netflix’s
Traffic, Creating A Fast Lane & Slow Lane]
2. The idea that an ISP is going to purposely slow down or degrade the
experience of their user by harming Netflix, Amazon, or Apple’s content is
ludicrous.
These are in two paragraphs, but still, don't these two sentences
contradict one other? Maybe I am wrong?
Guess the difference now that I look at it is one is a transit provider and
the other is an ISP, the net neutrality order has nothing in it for transit
providers, but cogent is a ISP as well with many lit buildings on-net, so
where does that difference begin?
Just questions :)
Dennis Burgess
www.linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 x103 – dmburg...@linktechs.net
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of fiber...@mail.com
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 3:09 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Best NN Article I've Read
I think you're reading this through glasses tinted to whatever
predisposition you have to the issue.
Obvious I have my own biases, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong :)
Now, I never claimed I was impartial or unbiased, but the article in
question does not rise to the standard of "best NN article" or even try to
be impartial or unbiased in any way. A lot of what Dan writes is true, but I
do take exception to a lot of the framing and editorialization. It
completely ignores the primary issues, the facts of termination monopoly and
how lacking last mile competition influences network neutrality, while
subtly laying the blame on other secondary issues.
"Don't bring peering policies into it, as that's a completely separate
issue."
That's what most people are pointing to as NN violations, though.
Well, most people are idiots, so that doesn't count for much :)
Jesting aside, the Internet order explicitly says:
"30. But this Order does not apply the open Internet rules to
interconnection."
Thus anybody claiming otherwise should just shut up.
Jared
