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Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions
From: Brandon Ross <bross () pobox com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:19:51 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Matthew Petach wrote:
So, one wonders why Level3 didn't just say "look, I'm the vendor, you're the customer; the customer pays the vendor for service, period.
There's no wonder here at all. It's not at all hard to imagine the conversation:
Level3: I'm the vendor, you're the customer; the customer pays the vendor for service, period.
Comcast: Okay vendor, we aren't going to pay you any more. Go ahead and shut down our circuits. We'll go ahead and pay you the early termination penalties or whatever, but keep in mind that the Level3 network has no way to reach Comcast through any other path thanks to our clever routing tricks, so your customers, including Netflix, won't be able to reach our customers.
Level3: But, but, but, you are the customer!Comcast: Go ahead, shut us down, we dare you. Perhaps you'll want to find someone to buy transit from that CAN reach us?
I have to say, it's not that hard to imagine because it's exactly what I would have done in their position. If I were them, I would then proceed to do the exact same thing to every other "vendor" that they have until they are a transit free network. Then I might even start demanding payments from my peers. Why not? Comcast has all the power.
It's exactly what the government has incentivized them to do by allowing them to have all of those cable monopolies around the country. That's right, government is the real problem here, Comcast is simply acting in their own best interest. Now where did I put that CMCS stock...
-- Brandon Ross AIM: BrandonNRoss ICQ: 2269442 Skype: brandonross Yahoo: BrandonNRoss
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- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jeff Young (Dec 01)
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- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Frank Bulk (Dec 01)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions William Allen Simpson (Dec 02)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jeffrey Lyon (Dec 02)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Frank Bulk (Dec 02)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Matthew Petach (Dec 02)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Christopher Morrow (Dec 02)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Joe Provo (Dec 03)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Brandon Ross (Dec 02)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions William Allen Simpson (Dec 02)