Re: net neutrality and peering wars continue

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* owen () delong com (Owen DeLong) [Thu 20 Jun 2013, 23:38 CEST]:
> On Jun 20, 2013, at 10:39 PM, Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net> wrote:
> > * woody () pch net (Bill Woodcock) [Thu 20 Jun 2013, 16:59 CEST]:
> > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 5:37 AM, Benson Schliesser 
> > > <bensons () queuefull net> wrote:
> > > > Right. By "sending peer" I meant the network transmitting a packet
[...]
> > > every packet in one direction is balanced by a packet in the other direction
> >
> > You're mistaken if you think that CDNs have equal number of 
> > packets going in and out.
>
> They are roughly equal (modulo delayed acks, etc.). However, the 
> number of octets is very different from the number of packets. There 
> is much greater asymmetry in number of octets than in number of 
> packets.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Also, if you don't have data, best to keep your opinion to yourself, 
because you might well be wrong.


        -- Niels.