[Changed long CC list to BCC] On 12/2/10 12:49 AM, Frank Bulk wrote:
George Ou touches on a similar point at the end of his article: http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/11/level-3-outbid-akamai-on-netflix-by-re selling-stolen-bandwidth/
The Ou article makes no sense at all! It's based on the premise that Level 3 and Comcast are peering, and that traffic should be symmetric. Everywhere else, the articles and pundits indicate that Comcast is a transit customer of Level 3. All actual network operators know that traffic isn't symmetric! Ou's hit piece reads more like a pseudo-libertarian rant. In fact, other Ou posts listed there have titles that read like an ultra-conservative cum social-conservative rant: * Wrong On The Internet » Another Net Neutrality ‘violation’ debunked * Why Viacom and others justified in blocking Google TV * Wrong On The Internet » Genachowski pushing ahead with Net Neutrality during lame duck * Google hypocrisy on content blocking * Hijacking the Internet is trivial today You have to consider the source. If Ou doesn't understand contracts, peering, and/or transit, just take his posts with a grain of salt.
