Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () americafree tv>]

On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:

> On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:
>
> > Pardon my ignorance here but what does Comcast do for the NANOG community?
> > I know they attend many conferences and share their experiences with a lot
> > of us which is very much appreciated...
>
> I'm sure the concern is that Comcast signed up to return NANOG (newNOG?) to philly.

They also were the sponsor for IETF-71 in Philly in 2008.

Regards
Marshall


> I think they may be overly sensitive to some of the comments, just as if people were posting similar comments about 
> my employer, I would likely be sensitive.  (Also there are a lot of people who post stuff but don't actually attend 
> NANOG meetings.  There is this overlap but disjoint as well between the two in my experience.  Hope everyone is 
> wearing their teflon pants).
>
> Aside from the 'public comments', the leaked graphics (which I personally would believe are accurate, but the motives 
> of the leakers not obvious), I don't directly have a role here.  I understand comcast has a lot of infrastructure and 
> costs.  Likely more fiber than the incumbent telcos, and they are constrained by a variety of local business 
> conditions from doing what may be a more optimal solution for themselves.
>
> All that said, the whole issue of 'local content' is going to continue to rage on for years to come.  Getting the 
> content closer to the end user is going to be a key to reducing costs for the long-tail providers to homes and 
> businesses. Should it be incumbent on the CDNs to pay for colo at the headend?  That's a business decision that will 
> entirely be driven by these ongoing disputes.
>
> It surely feels like we are slowly going down the road of telco-style settlement based on call direction.  I've 
> observed some trends that point at this happening when someone has a fortress they wish to defend, monetize or 
> subsidize further.  Will it win out?  I'm not entirely sure.
>
>       - Jared