Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Randy Bush
Harping on symmetric ratios seems very 1990. not so much. that kink came in later randy

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Randy Bush
I'm forced to peer with certain African providers in London and Amsterdam because they don't want to peer in Africa, where we are literally are an x-connect away from each other. And the reasons are not even because either of us is larger or smaller than the other... it's just legacy

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:57:51 AM Randy Bush wrote: which is amusing given you have massive east coast to europe fiber capacity. My point exactly - as an operator, it costs me close to nothing given all the capacity we have (and can further light) on this path, but the other guys do not

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 16, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Scott Helms khe...@zcorum.com wrote: Blake, I might agree with your premise if weren't for a couple of items. 1) Very few consumers are walking around with a HD or 4K camera today. Not true. Most cell phones have HD cameras. Most CCD video cameras sold in

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Owen DeLong
Traffic Symmetry is a distraction that the $ACCESS_PROVIDERS would like us to focus on. The reality is that $ACCESS_PROVIDERS want us to focus on that so that we don’t see what is really going on which is a battle to deeper (or avoid increasing peering capacity with) networks they think they can

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-18 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: Traffic Symmetry is a distraction that the $ACCESS_PROVIDERS would like us to focus on. The reality is that $ACCESS_PROVIDERS want us to focus on that so that we don’t see what is really going on which is a battle to

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 08:47:53 PM Blake Hudson wrote: How residential ISPs recoup costs (or simply increase revenue/profit) is another question entirely. I think the most insightful comment in this discussion was made by Mr. Rick Astley (I assume a pseudonym), when he states that ISPs have

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 08:52:31 PM Christopher Morrow wrote: is 'symmetric traffic ratios' even relevant though? Peering is about offsetting costs, right? it might not be important that the ratio be 1:1 or 2:1... or even 10:1, if it's going to cost you 20x to get the traffic over

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 09:11:56 PM Blake Hudson wrote: But hey, why peer at little or no cost if they can instead hold out and possibly peer at a negative cost? Because they hope that, one day, you'll cave and become a customer. Isn't that more prestigious :-)? Mark. signature.asc

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 09:44:55 PM Scott Helms wrote: I don't think that anyone disputes that when you improve the upstream you do get an uptick in usage in that direction. What I take issue with is the notion that the upstream is anything like downstream even when the capacity is there.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
On 14-05-15 16:17, Keenan Tims wrote: As primarily an eyeball network with a token (8000 quoted) number of transit customers it does not seem reasonable for them to expect balanced ratios on peering links. Pardon my ignorance here, but isn't there a massive difference between

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 09:05:57 PM Joe Greco wrote: Hi I'm an Internet company. I don't actually know what the next big thing next year will be but I promise that I won't host it on my network and cause our traffic to become lopsided. You mean like almost every other mobile carrier the

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-16 Thread Rick Astley
What you're missing is that the transit provider is selling full routes. The access network is selling paid peering, which is a tiny fraction of the routes. Considering they charge on a $per/mb basis I don't think its just routes they are selling. It looks a lot like they are selling bits. From

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Owen DeLong
All the talk about ratios is a red herring… The real issue boils down to this: 1. The access (eyeball) networks don’t want to bear the cost of delivering what they promised to their customers. 2. This is because when they built their business models, they didn’t expect their customers

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-16 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 16, 2014, at 3:25 AM, Rick Astley jna...@gmail.com wrote: Broadband is too expensive in the US compared to other places I have seen this repeated so many times that I assume it's true but I have never seen anything objective as to why. I can tell you if you look at population

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 03:54:33 PM Owen DeLong wrote: customers. 2. This is because when they built their business models, they didn’t expect their customers to use nearly as much of their promised bandwidth as they are now using. Most of the models were constructed around the idea that a

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Social media is not a big driver of symmetrical traffic here in the US or internationally. Broadband suffers here for a number of reasons, mainly topological and population density, in comparison to places like Japan, parts (but certainly not all) of Europe, and South Korea. Scott Helms Vice

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 05:08:33 PM Scott Helms wrote: Social media is not a big driver of symmetrical traffic here in the US or internationally. Broadband suffers here for a number of reasons, mainly topological and population density, in comparison to places like Japan, parts (but

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu While that is true a lot of the time (especially for eyeball networks), it is less so now due to social media. Social media forces the use of symmetric bandwidth (like FTTH), putting even more demand on the network, Oh yes;

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Mark, Bandwidth use trends are actually increasingly asymmetical because of the popularity of OTT video. Social media, even with video uploading, simply doesn't generate that much traffic per session. During peak period, Real-Time Entertainment traffic is by far the most dominant traffic

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Blake Hudson
Jay Ashworth wrote the following on 5/16/2014 10:35 AM: - Original Message - From: Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu While that is true a lot of the time (especially for eyeball networks), it is less so now due to social media. Social media forces the use of symmetric bandwidth (like

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Blake, None of those applications come close to causing symmetrical traffic patterns and for many/most networks the upstream connectivity has greatly improved. Anything related to voice is no more than 80 kbps per line, even if the SIP traffic isn't trunked (less if it is because the signaling

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Blake Hudson
Certainly video is one of the most bandwidth intensive applications. I don't deny that a 1 Mbps video call is both less common and consumes less bandwidth than an 8Mbps HD stream. However, if Americans had access to symmetric connections capable of reliably making HD video calls (they don't,

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Blake, I might agree with your premise if weren't for a couple of items. 1) Very few consumers are walking around with a HD or 4K camera today. 2) Most consumers who want to share video wouldn't know how to host it themselves, which isn't an insurmountable issue but is a big barrier to entry

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Blake Hudson
Thanks for the insight Scott. I appreciate the experience and point of view you're adding to this discussion (not just the responses to me). While I might be playing the devil's advocate here a bit, I think one could argue each of the points you've made below. I do feel that general usage

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Blake, You're absolutely correct. The world adapts to the reality that we find ourselves in via normal market mechanics. The problem with proposing that connectivity for residential customers should be more symmetrical is that its expensive, which is why we as operators didn't roll it out that

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Blake Hudson
Oh, I'm not proposing symmetrical connectivity at all. I'm just supporting the argument that in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a residential ISP to purport themselves to be a neutral carrier of traffic and expect peering ratios to be symmetric when the overwhelming

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a residential ISP to purport themselves to be a neutral carrier of traffic and expect peering ratios to be symmetric is 'symmetric traffic ratios' even relevant though?

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Blake, I'm not sure what the relationship between what an access network sells has to do with how their peering is done. I realize that everyone's favorite target is Comcast right now, but would anyone bat an eye over ATT making the same requirement since they have much more in the way of

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Blake Hudson
Christopher Morrow wrote the following on 5/16/2014 1:52 PM: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a residential ISP to purport themselves to be a neutral carrier of traffic and expect peering ratios to be

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread James R Cutler
All this talk about symmetry and asymmetry is interesting. Has anyone actually quantified how much congestion is due to buffer bloat which is, in turn, exacerbated by asymmetric connections? James R. Cutler james.cut...@consultant.com PGP keys at http://pgp.mit.edu signature.asc

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Matthew Petach
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a residential ISP to purport themselves to be a neutral carrier of traffic and

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Matthew Petach
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:14 PM, James R Cutler james.cut...@consultant.com wrote: All this talk about symmetry and asymmetry is interesting. Has anyone actually quantified how much congestion is due to buffer bloat which is, in turn, exacerbated by asymmetric connections? James R.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Matthew, There is a difference between what should be philosophically and what happened with Level 3 which is a contractual issue. Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 http://twitter.com/kscotthelms On

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 05:35:39 PM Jay Ashworth wrote: Could you expand a bit, Mark on Social media forces the use of symmetric bandwidth? Which social media platform is it that you think has a) symmetrical flows that b) are big enough to figure into transit symmetry? What we saw with FTTH

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Matthew Petach mpet...@netflight.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: Christopher Morrow wrote the following on 5/16/2014 1:52 PM: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a residential ISP to purport

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, May 16, 2014 05:45:06 PM Scott Helms wrote: Bandwidth use trends are actually increasingly asymmetical because of the popularity of OTT video. Social media, even with video uploading, simply doesn't generate that much traffic per session. Our experience showed that there is a

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Scott Helms
Mark, I don't think that anyone disputes that when you improve the upstream you do get an uptick in usage in that direction. What I take issue with is the notion that the upstream is anything like downstream even when the capacity is there. Upstream on ADSL is horribad, especially the first

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-16 Thread Ca By
On May 16, 2014 12:21 PM, Matthew Petach mpet...@netflight.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Blake Hudson bl...@ispn.net wrote: in the context of this discussion I think it's silly for a

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Owen DeLong
Oh, please do explicate on how this is inaccurate… Owen On May 14, 2014, at 2:14 PM, McElearney, Kevin kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com wrote: Respectfully, this is a highly inaccurate sound bite - Kevin 215-313-1083 On May 14, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Owen DeLong
I don’t disagree. However, given the choice between Comcast and broadband services in NL, Chatanooga, or Seoul, just to name a few, Comcast loses badly. Choosing between Comcast and a legacy Telco is like choosing between legionnaire’s disease and SARS. Owen On May 14, 2014, at 5:15 PM,

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Owen DeLong
Having an actual free market would require having competition. So long as we have monopoly layer 1 providers being allowed to use that monopoly as leverage for higher layer service monopolies, (or oligopolies), an actual free market is virtually impossible. The result of deregulating the

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread McElearney, Kevin
Upgrades/buildout are happening every day. They are continuous to keep ahead of demand and publicly measured by SamKnows (FCC measuring broadband), Akamai, Ookla, etc What is not well known is that Comcast has been an existing commercial transit business for 15+ years (with over 8000

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Nick B
Yes, you've got some of the largest Internet companies as customers. Because you told them if you don't pay us, we'll throttle you. Then you throttled them. I'm sorry, not a winning argument. Nick On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:57 AM, McElearney, Kevin kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com wrote:

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread McElearney, Kevin
Guys, I'm already pretty far off the reservation and will not respond to trolling. I think most ISPs are starting to avoid participation here for the same reason. I'm going to stop for a while. - Kevin On May 15, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Nick B n...@pelagiris.orgmailto:n...@pelagiris.org

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Nick B
To be fair, I have no evidence that Comcast demanded money in advance. As far as I can tell, Level 3, Cogent and Comcast all agree on the rest though, Comcast's peering filled up. Both Level 3 and Cogent offered/requested to upgrade. Then at least Cogent (IIRC?) offered to upgrade *and pay

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Jerry Dent
What is not well known is that Comcast has been an existing commercial transit business for 15+ years (with over 8000 commercial fiber customers). Comcast also has over 40 balanced peers with plenty of capacity, and some of the largest Internet companies as customers. Peers that are balanced

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
On 14-05-15 10:26, Owen DeLong wrote: Choosing between Comcast and a legacy Telco is like choosing between legionnaire’s disease and SARS. Twisted pair is certantly legacy. Is there a feeling that coax cable/DOSCIS is also legacy in terms of current capacity/speeds ? Or is that technology

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 15, 2014, at 7:57 AM, McElearney, Kevin kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com wrote: Upgrades/buildout are happening every day. They are continuous to keep ahead of demand and publicly measured by SamKnows (FCC measuring broadband), Akamai, Ookla, etc I didn’t say they weren’t doing

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Livingood, Jason
On 5/15/14, 12:43 PM, Nick B n...@pelagiris.org wrote: Yes, you've got some of the largest Internet companies as customers². Because you told them if you don't pay us, we'll throttle you. Then you throttled them. I'm sorry, not a winning argument. Nick That is categorically untrue, however

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Nick B
By categorically untrue do you mean FCC's open internet rules allow us to refuse to upgrade full peers? Nick On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Livingood, Jason jason_living...@cable.comcast.com wrote: On 5/15/14, 12:43 PM, Nick B n...@pelagiris.org wrote: Yes, you've got some of the largest

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Livingood, Jason
On 5/15/14, 1:28 PM, Nick B n...@pelagiris.orgmailto:n...@pelagiris.org wrote: By categorically untrue do you mean FCC's open internet rules allow us to refuse to upgrade full peers? Throttling is taking, say, a link from 10G and applying policy to constrain it to 1G, for example. What if a

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Nick B
Yes, throttling an entire ISP by refusing to upgrade peering is clearly a way to avoid technically throttling. Interestingly enough only Comcast and Verizon are having this problem, though I'm sure now that you have set an example others will follow. Nick On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:34 PM,

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Livingood, Jason
So by extension, if you enter an agreement and promise to remain balanced you can just willfully throw that out and abuse the heck out of it? Where does it end? Why even bother having peering policies at all then? To use an analogy, if you and I agree to buy a car together and agree to switch

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread McElearney, Kevin
I said I would step away, but trying to keep some level of emotion out of this... We all need rational actor behavior in the ecosystem. We need our policies and agree to live up to those policies between players. Random and inconsistent behavior does not build a well functioning market and is

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Blake Dunlap
I agree, and those peers should be then paid for the bits that your customers are requesting that they send through you if you cannot maintain a balanced peer relationship with them. It's shameful that access networks are attempting to not pay for their leeching of mass amounts of data in clear

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 15, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca wrote: On 14-05-15 10:26, Owen DeLong wrote: Choosing between Comcast and a legacy Telco is like choosing between legionnaire’s disease and SARS. Twisted pair is certantly legacy. Is there a feeling that

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-15 Thread Joe Greco
Throttling is taking, say, a link from 10G and applying policy to constrain= it to 1G, for example. Throttling is also trying to cram 20G of traffic through that same 10G link. What if a peer wants to go from a balanced relation= ship to 10,000:1, well outside of the policy binding the

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Helms
AFAIK Comcast wasn't consuming, mass amounts of data from Level 3 (Netflix's transit to them). Are you implying that a retail customer has a similar expectation (or should) as a tier 1 ISP has for peering? I hope not, that would be hyperbole verging on the silly. Retail customer agreement spell

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Jerry Dent
If traffic is unbalanced, what determines who is the payer and who is the payee? Apparently whoever can hold on to their customers better while performance is shit. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Blake Dunlap iki...@gmail.com wrote: I agree, and those peers should be then paid for the bits

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-15 Thread Joe Greco
So by extension, if you enter an agreement and promise to remain balanced y= ou can just willfully throw that out and abuse the heck out of it? Where do= es it end? Why even bother having peering policies at all then? It doesn't strike you as a ridiculous promise to extract from someone? Hi

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-15 Thread Livingood, Jason
On 5/15/14, 3:05 PM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: Hi I'm an Internet company. I don't actually know what the next big thing next year will be but I promise that I won't host it on my network and cause our traffic to become lopsided. Wow. Is that what you're saying? Of course not. JL

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Helms
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Joe Greco jgr...@ns.sol.net wrote: So by extension, if you enter an agreement and promise to remain balanced y= ou can just willfully throw that out and abuse the heck out of it? Where do= es it end? Why even bother having peering policies at all then?

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread Matt Palmer
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 07:29:06AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: The result of deregulating the current environment would only be more pain and cost to the consumer than we currently have with no improvement in speeds or capabilities and no additional innovation. Indeed. While I certainly

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread arvindersingh
Yes Kevin, this is understood - but valid observation from Nick. Can you pls answer my question first? Very curious. Arvinder Guys, I'm already pretty far off the reservation and will not respond to trolling. I think most ISPs are starting to avoid participation here for the same reason.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-15 Thread Matthew Petach
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Hugo Slabbert h...@slabnet.com wrote: So, at the end of the week, I *had* been paying $10/mb to send traffic through transit to reach the whole rest of the internet. Now, I'm paying $5+$4+$4+$5+$2, or $30, and I don't have a full set of routes, so I've still

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread arvindersingh
Jason, like Kevin, thank you very much for opening up to us. It is not every day that someone so close to the issues posts with insight. From what we see here in India, it is true only Comcast and Verizon are access networks with peering problems. We are able to reach Cox, RCN, Charter, Sonoma

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread arvindersingh
Jason I think it is important to consider that you are operating your AS 7922 to serve a global Internet. In US, there is not a lot of choke because all the big Internet property - Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon - pay toll to reach Comcast Broadband customer. If they do not pay u, there is

RE: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP

2014-05-15 Thread Keenan Tims
From: NANOG nanog-boun...@nanog.org on behalf of Scott Helms khe...@zcorum.com Sent: May 15, 2014 12:54 PM To: Joe Greco Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Joe Greco jgr

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-15 Thread David Conrad
Hi, On May 15, 2014, at 12:12 PM, arvindersi...@mail2tor.com wrote: Jason I think it is important to consider that you are operating your AS 7922 to serve a global Internet. Actually, I suspect Jason is operating 'his' AS to serve Comcast customers and/or shareholders... Regards, -drc

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Jean-Francois Mezei
On 14-05-13 22:50, Daniel Staal wrote: They have the money. They have the ability to get more money. *They see no reason to spend money making customers happy.* They can make more profit without it. There is the issue of control over the market. But also the pressure from shareholders

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 09:04:11 AM Jean-Francois Mezei wrote: The problem with the internet is that while it had promises of wild growth in the 90s and 00s, once penetration reaches a certain level, growth stabilizes. That depends on your point-of-view and/or interpretation of growth.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Rick Astley jna...@gmail.com wrote: [...] The reality is an increasingly directly peered Internet doesn't sit well if you are in the business of being the middle man. Now if you will, why do transit companies themselves charge content companies to deliver

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Roland Dobbins
On May 14, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Matthew Petach mpet...@netflight.com wrote: I'm constantly amazed at how access networks think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit for just their routes when they represent less than 1/10th of the overall traffic volume. My guess is that from the

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:11:30 AM Matthew Petach wrote: I'm constantly amazed at how access networks think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit for just their routes when they represent less than 1/10th of the overall traffic volume. The math just doesn't work out. It's

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:27:57 AM Roland Dobbins wrote: Are there any real-world models out there for revenue-sharing between app/content providers and access networks which would eliminate or reduce 'paid peering' (an alternate way to think of it is as 'delimited transit', another

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread charles
On 2014-05-14 02:04, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote: On 14-05-13 22:50, Daniel Staal wrote: They have the money. They have the ability to get more money. *They see no reason to spend money making customers happy.* They can make more profit without it. There is the issue of control over the

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 14, 2014, at 5:47 AM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:27:57 AM Roland Dobbins wrote: Are there any real-world models out there for revenue-sharing between app/content providers and access networks which would eliminate or reduce 'paid peering'

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 14, 2014 9:23:21 AM -0500, char...@thefnf.org is alleged to have said: So they seek new sources of revenues, and/or attempt to thwart competition any way they can. No to the first. Yes to the second. If they were seeking new sources of revenue, they'd be massively expanding into

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Hugo Slabbert
So they seek new sources of revenues, and/or attempt to thwart competition any way they can. No to the first. Yes to the second. If they were seeking new sources of revenue, they'd be massively expanding into un/der served markets and aggressively growing over the top services (which are

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Owen DeLong
Yes, the more accurate statement would be aggressively seeking new ways to monetize the existing infrastructure without investing in upgrades or additional buildout any more than absolutely necessary. Owen On May 14, 2014, at 8:02 AM, Hugo Slabbert h...@slabnet.com wrote: So they seek new

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Matthew Petach
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On May 14, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Matthew Petach mpet...@netflight.com wrote: I'm constantly amazed at how access networks think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit for just their routes when they represent less

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread McElearney, Kevin
Respectfully, this is a highly inaccurate sound bite - Kevin 215-313-1083 On May 14, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: Yes, the more accurate statement would be aggressively seeking new ways to monetize the existing infrastructure without investing in upgrades or

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 5/14/2014 4:27 AM, Roland Dobbins wrote: On May 14, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Matthew Petach mpet...@netflight.com wrote: I'm constantly amazed at how access networks think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit for just their routes when they represent less than 1/10th of the overall

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Jared Mauch
Owen, I've seen a vast difference between Comcast and others in the marketplace. Right now, if I had the choice between Comcast and a legacy telco, I would pick Comcast hands-down for: a) performance b) IPv6 support c) willingness to work on issues - Jared On May 14, 2014, at 5:14 PM,

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-14 Thread Matt Palmer
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 07:01:36PM -0500, Larry Sheldon wrote: Maybe it is time to try a free market. Can't do that, it would be UnAmerican! - Matt -- I can only guess that the designer of the things had a major Toilet Duck habit and had managed to score a couple of industrial-sized bottles

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality (was: Wow its been quiet here...

2014-05-14 Thread Hugo Slabbert
So, at the end of the week, I *had* been paying $10/mb to send traffic through transit to reach the whole rest of the internet. Now, I'm paying $5+$4+$4+$5+$2, or $30, and I don't have a full set of routes, so I've still got to keep paying the transit provider as well at $10. I would like to

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality)

2014-05-13 Thread Joel M Snyder
Shouldn't there be a rule against using RIP in the subject line of a NANOG post? Every time I see that, a shudder goes down *my* spine. jms -- Joel M Snyder, 1404 East Lind Road, Tucson, AZ, 85719 Senior Partner, Opus One Phone: +1 520 324 0494 j...@opus1.com

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality)

2014-05-13 Thread coy . hile
It could be worse! Somebody might have thrown a 'v1' in there, too, Joel! Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2014, at 8:08, Joel M Snyder joel.sny...@opus1.com wrote: Shouldn't there be a rule against using RIP in the subject line of a NANOG post? Every time I see that, a shudder goes down

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality)

2014-05-13 Thread Łukasz Bromirski
On 13 May 2014, at 14:17, coy.h...@coyhile.com wrote: It could be worse! Somebody might have thrown a 'v1' in there, too, Joel! Well - just imagine that network without mask. On public list. Horrible. Thankfully, we have civilization stuff, so nothing like that couldn’t have had happened.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-13 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 12, 2014 3:02:28 PM +0200, Nick Hilliard is alleged to have said: On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote: imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay person. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/. my friends in last mile providers disagree.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote: imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay person. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/. my friends in last mile providers disagree. i take that as a good sign. Vi's analogy is wrong on a subtle but important

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Clayton Zekelman
At 09:02 AM 12/05/2014, Nick Hilliard wrote: So from a business perspective it makes lots of sense to deprioritise the large companies that don't pay in favour of the ones that do. Those who pay get better service for their customers; seems fair, right? I think that's where the biggest gulf

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:02:28 +0200, Nick Hilliard said: a small amount of money. Even better, if you chase the the content sources for cash, you can do this without increasing customer prices which means you can stay more competitive in the sales market. Thank you, I needed my morning

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Nick B
Google Fiber and various other FTTH services disprove the omg it costs a lot theory. This is purely a money grab by a monopoly, sanctioned by the FCC because.. the people doing the money grab own the FCC. It helps to keep in mind that several of the parties involved in this grab *HAVE ALREADY

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Clayton Zekelman
Actually, I've done a bit of overbuild, and it does omg cost a lot. We don't know how much Google Fiber has paid to build the network. They're Google, they can do it just because they feel like it. Of course I don't have any proof, but the rest of your points may not be far off the mark.

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread Owen DeLong
On May 12, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Nick Hilliard n...@foobar.org wrote: On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote: imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay person. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/. my friends in last mile providers disagree. i take that

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread joel jaeggli
On 5/12/14, 7:07 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: On May 12, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Nick Hilliard n...@foobar.org wrote: On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote: imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay person. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/. my friends in

Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network Neutrality

2014-05-12 Thread George, Wes
On 5/12/14, 10:07 AM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: On May 12, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Nick Hilliard n...@foobar.org wrote: On 10/05/2014 22:34, Randy Bush wrote: imiho think vi hart has it down simply and understandable by a lay person. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/.

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