Kevin first thank you for posting to NANOG to help with the issues...not every day we see Comcast executive on engineering mailing lists. *LOL*
I have two issues with the comments: 1. You mention that congestion issues to Comcast peers are temporary. I notice AS6543 "Tata Communication" - major backbone provider to my home country - very very congested for over three years. Will your engineers kindly update the connection as priority? 2. You mention that all packets treated equally - no games. Why does AS7922 assign the speed test different DSCP from regular internet connection? Arvinder S. > 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 $$ are very small, highly competitive and only "skin > in the game" to promote efficiencies > > - Kevin > > >> On May 15, 2014, at 12:01 PM, "Jared Mauch" <ja...@puck.nether.net> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 15, 2014, at 11:50 AM, McElearney, Kevin >>> <kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com> wrote: >>> >>> There is no gaming on measurements and disputes are isolated and >>> temporary with issues not unique over the history of the internet. I >>> think all the same rhetorical quotes continue to be reused >> >> Kevin, >> >> in the past most issues were transient for a few months as both sides >> got complaints, but while at RIPE earlier this week someone commented to >> me: there's no one provider you can buy access from to get a packet-loss >> free connection to all their other business partners/customers. This >> hurts the entire marketplace when there is persistent congestion. >> >> Some of these issues are related to (as Craig called them) "Hypergiants" >> (OTT) but others are due to providers having poor capital models so they >> don't have "budget" for upgrading unless someone pays for that upgrade, >> vs seeing their existing customer base as that source for the capital. >> >> As an engineer, I'm hopeful that those responsible for budgeting will do >> the right thing. As a greedy capitalist, please pay me more $$$. 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 >> >
