Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on ISPs’ refusal to upgrade networks | Ars Technica

[Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 09:06:47 PM Patrick W. Gilmore 
wrote:

> The angle on my right shoulder wants to congratulate a
> "tier one" (whatever the F that means) provider for
> finally admitting, in writing, in public, from a lawyer,
> what the rest of us have known for decades.

Every time the market has troubled the status quo, networks 
have failed to find ways that adapt to that market. The 
market ends up working around the network.

Napster and all the goodness that followed it, is one such 
example; until iTunes adapted. And yes, iTunes is NOT the 
network.

Now the OTT's are driving the network hard, and the network 
des not want to adapt (perhaps calling in the FCC is 
adapting... not).

So expect the market to work around this as well. The 
network keeps getting left behind...

Mark.

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