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

[Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>]

This email is the reason I spend money with digital ocean. :)

You should too.

On 3/20/14, 9:34 AM, "Bryan Socha" <bryan () digitalocean com> wrote:

> I don't know where everyones traffic goes but level3 and us, nothing.
> We've dropped all but 1 line which will be gone in 60 days.    I don't
> care
> what their excuse is, they have been horrible this last 14 months and I'd
> rather get bw from cogent who isn't great but doesn't blame everyone else
> for their inability to peer better...
>
> A premium cost provider should have premium service and level3 is no
> longer
> that.
>
>
> Bryan Socha
> Network Engineer
> DigitalOcean
> 646-450-0472
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, March 20, 2014 04:18:59 PM Patrick W. Gilmore
> > wrote:
> >
> > > "The market" can only "work around" things if there is a
> > > functioning market. Monopolies are not a functioning
> > > market.
> >
> > When did we ever have a "functioning market", even in
> > markets that are considered "liberalized" :-)?
> >
> > It is what it is - it's just less bad in some places than
> > others.
> >
> > > There will be a solution - in fact, there is today.
> > > Doesn't mean it is optimal. In fact, in the presence of
> > > a monopoly, it is pretty much guaranteed to be
> > > sub-optimal.
> >
> > Aye.
> >
> > Mark.