On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Randy Bush wrote: > >> Right now, peering agreements are the wild west. >>>>> >>>> no. those days passed in the last century. you just don't know them. >>>> but then, you are not an operator so no surprise. >>>> >>>> what you are seeing, and creating massive noise around, is a business >>>> war between the last mile cartel and the content they envy and want >>>> to supplant or at least bleed. transit, peering, caching, etc. are >>>> just business and technical tools being used in that war. keep eye on >>>> doughnut, not the hole. >>>> >>> Sure looks like a wild west range war to me. And let's not forget that >>> Netflix is not some tiny company anymore - 1/3 of Internet traffic or >>> some such, 46million members, $1billion Q1 income. Yeah - big guys >>> fighting, no established law or regulation (well, there was, but the >>> Supreme Court overturned it) - looks like a range war to me. >>> >> ahhh. so >> >> not government regulated == wild west >> >> got it >> >> randy >> > > lawless, big guys fighting with little guys in the middle == wild west Wait, I thought that was Wall Street.... *ducks and runs for cover* Matt