In an organization as large as Verizon there are many reasons why a policy gets changed. I'm certain that there are product guys who were saying our customers want this. I'm sure there were marketing folks saying we can build a marketing campaign around it. I am equally certain that some there were some folks, perhaps lawyers, who said this gives us a better position to argue from if we need to against Netflix.
I'll be watching to see how well this roll out goes. If they didn't re-engineer their splits (or plan for symmetrical from the beginning) they could run into some problems because the total speed on a GPON port is asymmetrical, about 2.5 gbps down to 1.25 gbps up. Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > Is anyone else cynical enough to say FiOS going symmetrical is an attempt > to blunt the pro-NetFlix argument on that point? > - jra > > > On July 21, 2014 12:46:27 PM EDT, Jason Iannone <jason.iann...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >There was a muni case in my neck of the woods a couple of years ago. > >Comcast spent an order of magnitude more than the municipality but > >still lost. > > > >Anyway, follow the money. "Blackburn’s largest career donors are .. > >PACs affiliated with AT&T ... ($66,750) and Comcast ... ($36,600). ... > >Blackburn has also taken $56,000 from the National Cable & > >Telecommunications Association." > > > > > http://www.muninetworks.org/content/media-roundup-blackburn-amendment-lights-newswires > > > >In other news, FIOS has gone symmetrical. > > > http://newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/news-articles/2014/07-21-fios-upload-speed-upgrade/ > > > >On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > >> Over the last decade, 19 states have made it illegal for > >municipalities > >> to own fiber networks -- encouraged largely, I am told, by Verizon > >and > >> other cable companies/MSOs[1]. > >> > >> Verizon, of course, isn't doing any new FiOS deployments, per a 2010 > >> press release[2]. > >> > >> FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has been making noises lately that he wants the > >FCC > >> to preempt the field on this topic, making such deployments legal. > >> > >> Congressional Republicans think that's a bad idea: > >> > >> > > > http://www.vox.com/2014/7/20/5913363/house-republicans-and-obamas-fcc-are-at-war-over-city-owned-internet > >> > >> [ and here's the backgrounder on the amendment: > >> > >> > > > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/blackburn-bill-would-block-fcc-preemption/132468 > >] > >> > >> While I generally try to avoid bringing up topics on NANOG that are > >political; > >> this one seems to be directly in our wheelhouse, and unavoidably > >political. > >> My apologies in advance; let's all try to be grownups, shall we? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> -- jra > >> > >> [1] > > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused > >> [2] > > > https://secure.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Confirms-FiOS-Expansion-is-Over-118949 > >> -- > >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > >j...@baylink.com > >> Designer The Things I Think > >RFC 2100 > >> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land > >Rover DII > >> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 > >647 1274 > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >
