Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>]

Sure.  We call those companies "resellers".  Or, if they actually do bring
some additional value to the table, they're VARs.  Not ISPs.

Matt
On Jul 11, 2014 10:37 AM, "Scott Helms" <khelms () zcorum com> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> That's simply not true, if it were then several million US subscribers
> wouldn't have access to the Internet at all.  There are _lots_ of small
> providers that serve rural America (and Canada) that have gotten their IPs
> from their transit provider rather than ARIN, are single homed, and have
> never considered getting an ASN because it doesn't do anything for them.
>
>
> Scott Helms
> Vice President of Technology
> ZCorum
> (678) 507-5000
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>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Jima <nanog () jima us> wrote:
> >
> > > [...]
> > >  I guess I'm just glad that my home ISP can justify anteing up for a
> > pipe
> > > to SIX, resources for hosting OpenConnect nodes, and, for that matter,
> > an
> > > ASN.  Indeed, not everyone can.
> > >
> > >      Jima
> > I'm sorry.
> > If your ISP doesn't have an ASN,
> > it's not an ISP.  Full stop.
> >
> > There *are* some fundamental basics
> > that are necessary to function as an ISP;
> > having an AS number and being able to
> > speak BGP are pretty much at the top
> > of the list.
> >
> > If you cannot manage to obtain and support
> > an AS number as an ISP, it is probably time
> > to consider closing up shop and finding
> > another line of work.
> >
> > Matt