----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Iannone" <jason.iann...@gmail.com>
> Lots of blame to go around. Verizon isn't an eyeball only network > (Comcast would have a more difficult time describing itself as > anything but), so a reasonable peering policy should apply. In > Verizon's case, 1.8:1. I speculate that without Netflix, Cogent and > L3 are largely within the specifications of their peering agreements. > Netflix knows how much traffic it sends. If its transit is doing > their due diligence, they'll also know. It didn't come as a surprise > to either transit provider that they were going to fill their pipes > into at least some eyeball provider peers. Cogent is notoriously hard > nosed when it comes to disputes, and Level3 caved very early in the > fight. Anyway, this is a simple peering dispute between carriers that > almost certainly knew they were participating with the internet's > number one traffic generator and eyeballs wanting to get back into the > contractual green. Also, I don't think it's out of line for anyone to > ask for free stuff. I might be misreading your posting here, Jason, but it sounds as if you are playing into Verizon's argument that this traffic is somehow Netflix's *fault*/"responsibility", rather than merely being the other side of flows *initiated by Verizon FiOS customers*. Did I misunderstand you? Cheers, -- jra -- 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
