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Re: Richard Bennett, NANOG posting, and Integrity


From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:49:06 +1000

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 09:08:17PM -0700, Richard Bennett wrote:
I don't think it's conflation, Joly, since the essence of NN is for
the eyeballs to pay for the entire cost of the network and for edge
providers to use it for free; isn't that what Netflix is asking the
FCC to impose under the guise of "strong net neutrality?"

In a word: no.  Net neutrality is about everyone paying their own way to get
their packets to where they want them to go.  Netflix doesn't get to use the
Internet "for free"; they pay a whole heck of a lot each month to L3 and
Cogent.

- Matt


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