Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3)

["McElearney, Kevin" <Kevin_McElearney () cable comcast com>]

This is a smart group. If if that was true I think every internet site / service one visits from home would be a 
negatively impacted.  That is not the case

As I said before, Comcast also has over 40 balanced peers with plenty of capacity.  Wholesale $$ are very small, highly 
competitive and only "skin in the game" to promote efficiencies

      - Kevin


> On May 15, 2014, at 12:01 PM, "Jared Mauch" <jared () puck nether net> wrote:
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> > On May 15, 2014, at 11:50 AM, McElearney, Kevin <Kevin_McElearney () cable comcast com> wrote:
> >
> > There is no gaming on measurements and disputes are isolated and temporary with issues not unique over the history 
> > of the internet.  I think all the same rhetorical quotes continue to be reused
>
> Kevin,
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> in the past most issues were transient for a few months as both sides got complaints, but while at RIPE earlier this 
> week someone commented to me: there's no one provider you can buy access from to get a packet-loss free connection to 
> all their other business partners/customers.  This hurts the entire marketplace when there is persistent congestion.
>
> Some of these issues are related to (as Craig called them) "Hypergiants" (OTT) but others are due to providers having 
> poor capital models so they don't have "budget" for upgrading unless someone pays for that upgrade, vs seeing their 
> existing customer base as that source for the capital.
>
> As an engineer, I'm hopeful that those responsible for budgeting will do the right thing.  As a greedy capitalist, 
> please pay me more $$$.  It does feel a bit like tic-tac-toe with zero players in wargames though, the only way to 
> win is to not play [games].
>
> - Jared