On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:

> 
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:
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>> Pardon my ignorance here but what does Comcast do for the NANOG community?
>> I know they attend many conferences and share their experiences with a lot
>> of us which is very much appreciated...
> 
> I'm sure the concern is that Comcast signed up to return NANOG (newNOG?) to 
> philly.

They also were the sponsor for IETF-71 in Philly in 2008.

Regards
Marshall


> 
> I think they may be overly sensitive to some of the comments, just as if 
> people were posting similar comments about my employer, I would likely be 
> sensitive.  (Also there are a lot of people who post stuff but don't actually 
> attend NANOG meetings.  There is this overlap but disjoint as well between 
> the two in my experience.  Hope everyone is wearing their teflon pants).
> 
> Aside from the 'public comments', the leaked graphics (which I personally 
> would believe are accurate, but the motives of the leakers not obvious), I 
> don't directly have a role here.  I understand comcast has a lot of 
> infrastructure and costs.  Likely more fiber than the incumbent telcos, and 
> they are constrained by a variety of local business conditions from doing 
> what may be a more optimal solution for themselves.
> 
> All that said, the whole issue of 'local content' is going to continue to 
> rage on for years to come.  Getting the content closer to the end user is 
> going to be a key to reducing costs for the long-tail providers to homes and 
> businesses. Should it be incumbent on the CDNs to pay for colo at the 
> headend?  That's a business decision that will entirely be driven by these 
> ongoing disputes.
> 
> It surely feels like we are slowly going down the road of telco-style 
> settlement based on call direction.  I've observed some trends that point at 
> this happening when someone has a fortress they wish to defend, monetize or 
> subsidize further.  Will it win out?  I'm not entirely sure.
> 
>       - Jared
> 


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