Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
wrote:

> Randy Bush wrote:
>
> > Right now, peering agreements are the wild west.
> > > > >
> > > > no.  those days passed in the last century.  you just don't know them.
> > > > but then, you are not an operator so no surprise.
> > > >
> > > > what you are seeing, and creating massive noise around, is a business
> > > > war between the last mile cartel and the content they envy and want
> > > > to supplant or at least bleed.  transit, peering, caching, etc. are
> > > > just business and technical tools being used in that war.  keep eye on
> > > > doughnut, not the hole.
> > > Sure looks like a wild west range war to me.  And let's not forget that
> > > Netflix is not some tiny company anymore - 1/3 of Internet traffic or
> > > some such, 46million members, $1billion Q1 income.  Yeah - big guys
> > > fighting, no established law or regulation (well, there was, but the
> > > Supreme Court overturned it) - looks like a range war to me.
> > ahhh.   so
> >
> >     not government regulated == wild west
> >
> > got it
> >
> > randy
>
> lawless, big guys fighting with little guys in the middle == wild west


Wait, I thought that was Wall Street....

*ducks and runs for cover*

Matt