FCC NPRM ban on Paid Peering harms new innovators

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Date: November 12, 2009 9:24:20 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] FCC NPRM ban on Paid Peering harms new innovators

> I have just one question about the presentation Ou makes, and it's a  
> business question:
>
> I am a content provider, albeit a very small one  (I run several  
> websites, including my personal one).  I would really like my  
> content to go out to all Comcast subscribers, all Verizon FiOS  
> subscribers, all iPhone users, etc. very fast.   Apparently this  
> "paid peering" thing will make it easier for me to compete with  
> larger competitors - that's what Ou says.
>
> So how do I do this?  (Comcast sales execs, *please* call me with  
> your best deal!)   I'm guessing that there are what Ou shows in his  
> diagram and writes about in his text "direct and fast connections"  
> at much lower prices than I'm currently paying, that are there for  
> the taking.
>
> In order to deliver this great service, unless I'm mistaken, Comcast  
> has to have ports that I can connect to at lots of points in space  
> connected to either "direct" circuits (DS3?) to all of their access  
> networks in all the major cities of the US.   In other words,  
> Comcast is operating a large private Internet backbone and  
> undercutting the prices of large private Internet backbones  
> everywhere.  Wow!   I'm gonna buy Comcast and sell Level 3!
>
> Or if this is not the case, maybe, just maybe, all the handwaving  
> about the "Internet" being "indirect and slow" and there being  
> "direct and fast connections" available that create wondrous  
> competition and entry opportunities for us small startups to compete  
> with the big Googles is bushwah.
>
> I'd hate for the FCC to make a decision or change one because of  
> bushwah.  That said, perhaps the FCC should take an independent,  
> hard look at peering as an antitrust issue.
>
> On 11/12/2009 02:47 AM, David Farber wrote:
> > An interesting article for learning re Peering djf
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: George Ou <George.Ou () digitalsociety org>
> > Date: November 10, 2009 8:50:32 PM EST
> > Subject: FCC NPRM ban on Paid Peering harms new innovators
> >
> > FCC NPRM ban on Paid Peering harms new innovators
> > The current FCC NPRM would prohibit paid peering agreements and  
> > harm small content providers
> >
> >  http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/11/fcc-nprm-ban-on-paid-peering-harms-new-innovators/
> >
> > George Ou
> > www.DigitalSociety.org
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> > 408-338-5848 Mobile
> >
> >
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