I think the confusion by Jay and others is that there is a plethora of commercial options available for sending traffic to Comcast or Verizon, at scale and absent congestion. I contend that there is not.
I, too, have found Netflix highly responsive and professional, as a peering partner... $0.02, -a On Jul 23, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Bob Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Most likely Netflix writes policies to filter known cogent conflict > peers...Chances are they use cogent to reach the cogent customer base and > other peers. I know from experience that peering directly with Netflix > works very well....they don't depend heavily on transit delivery if direct > peering is possible. > > Thank You > Bob Evans > CTO > > > > >>> If I were Netflix, why would I buy all my transit from Cogent[1], given >>> Cogent's propensity for getting into peering fights with people >>> *already*, >>> even before *I* start sending them 1000:1 asymmetric outbound traffic? >> >> Perhaps Netflix expect this to be an ongoing problem with moree ISPs >> asking them to pay to deliver (following Bretts lead ;-), so with their >> previous transits experience why would they continue to buy from pussies? >> >>> So why would Cogent offer Netflix a helluva deal? >> >> Previous events have shown Cognet only use live rounds, so why would they >> not take the opportunity to get a bigger gun? >> >> Mutually assured domination. Perhaps one will buy the other sometime. >> >> brandon >> > >
