Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by Russ

I agree this is not a net neutrality issue. Some folks have brought up telco termination fees where orignating networks pay terminating nwtroks. That's based primarily on calling party pays. Well, the calling party here is the subscriber. I'm calling Netflix, and I'm paying my ISP for the privledge. And I'm pay a subscription fee to Netflix, so they're happy to terminate my "call." CDN biz is to get content across the internet - to bypass internet bottlenecks. Netflix is happy to pay for that too... The reason Comcast is going after L3 is the concentration of traffic; they have requested so many ports, it's practical to charge them -- and L3 CAN pay because they are being paid by Netflix. If Netflix didn't use a CDN their traffic would still go thru Comcast...it would just come thru more entry points, which would make it harder for Comcast to charge any particular entity....Other than Netflix, and then we'd have a net neutralty issue?? I know many folks hate Comcast, but I think Comcast's biz arguements hold some water...

Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by Russ

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