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RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement ConcerningComcast'sActions
From: "George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:32:57 -0800
Heck, if I were Level3, I might even drop the level of traffic in my own network bound for Comcast and have a note on the site that Comcast users can expect poor performance. Something like "Comcast is too poor to upgrade their network and has attempted to extort payment from us under threat of disconnection from their internet users. Though we have refused to pay the "eyeball ransom", we have decided to help Comcast out anyway by bandwidth limiting traffic to their poor wittle network. As a result, Comcast users might experience reduced performance."
Note that was tongue in cheek. I actually support the notion of making it more expensive to deploy more bandwidth intensive applications as it *does* place an unfair burden on the delivery network. The problem I have in this case is the conflict of interest when the delivery network is also a content provider and discriminates against content competitors.
Current thread:
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions, (continued)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions Rettke, Brian (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions Jack Bates (Nov 30)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement ConcerningComcast'sActions Ryan Finnesey (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement ConcerningComcast'sActions Jared Mauch (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions Seth Mattinen (Nov 29)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions George Bonser (Nov 29)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions Ben Butler (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions William Herrin (Nov 29)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement ConcerningComcast'sActions George Bonser (Nov 29)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement ConcerningComcast'sActions George Bonser (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions William Warren (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jeffrey Lyon (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jack Bates (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Randy Carpenter (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Leo Bicknell (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Christian (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Peter Bruno (Nov 30)