naviwins

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   by naviwins 12y ago

   Right, Comcast is providing transit to their customers, which the aforementioned transit providers could not adequately handle. Although it is not a typical transit network it is still the only route to Comcast customers. So, if the existin
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   by naviwins 12y ago

   hmm... so Netflix paid cogent before, and now you think they should not pay Comcast for the same service? Where is your logic?
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   by naviwins 12y ago

   Uhm... NO! You pay for guaranteed bandwidth within Comcast network. Not the whole internet. Which gets back to the whole issue at hand. If Netflix wants to improve their service they need to pay for better transit. So they cut out the middl
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   by naviwins 12y ago

   I see all these people saying Comcast was feuding with cogent... that is just not the case. For anyone in the hosting business we all know cogent is the cheapest option, and a pretty spotty service as a whole. What do we do when our custome
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   by naviwins 12y ago

   Why would it be settlement free? Its just like any other peering agreement, If the data was symmetrical it would be free, but its not. Netflix is sending way more than its receiving. If you were an ISP would you provide free transit to ever
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   by naviwins 12y ago

   Google, Microsoft, Twitch, all directly peer with Comcast. They are willing to do this because the transit providers can not handle their traffic efficiently. So why is Netflix complaining?