Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions

[William Warren <hescominsoon () emmanuelcomputerconsulting com>]

On 11/30/2010 6:33 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
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> On 30/11/2010, at 9:28 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
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> > <http://www.marketwatch.com/story/level-3-communications-issues-statement-concerning-comcasts-actions-2010-11-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp>
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> > I understand that politics is off-topic, but this policy affects operational aspects of the 'Net.
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> > Just to be clear, L3 is saying content providers should not have to pay to deliver content to broadband providers who have their own 
> > product which has content as well.  I am certain all the content providers on this list are happy to hear L3's change of heart and 
> > will be applying for settlement free peering tomorrow.  (L3 wouldn't want other providers to claim the Vyvx or CDN or other content 
> > services provided by L3 are competing and L3 is putting up a "toll booth" on the Internet, would they?)
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> > TTFN,
> > patrick
> So in this particular game of chicken, Comcast wins.  Shame that L3 agreed to this, sets a bad precedent.  I have to imagine 
> that Comcast would have been the worse for wear, their phone lines would have lit up like a Christmas tree -- why can't 
> I access...?
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> jy
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This whole mess concerns me about the future of the internet.  If the 
traffic can't get to the clients by routing around a depeering..is the 
internet really working as designed?  I don't think so.  Peering has 
become the gateway to the ultimate in network control...while it's the 
provider's prerogative who access their network..peering has become a 
club for access and has become the instrument of removing the basic 
design wins of the internet.