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
>
