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From: "Jason Iannone" <jason.iannone@gmail.com>
Lots of blame to go around. Verizon isn't an eyeball only network (Comcast would have a more difficult time describing itself as anything but), so a reasonable peering policy should apply. In Verizon's case, 1.8:1. I speculate that without Netflix, Cogent and L3 are largely within the specifications of their peering agreements. Netflix knows how much traffic it sends. If its transit is doing their due diligence, they'll also know. It didn't come as a surprise to either transit provider that they were going to fill their pipes into at least some eyeball provider peers. Cogent is notoriously hard nosed when it comes to disputes, and Level3 caved very early in the fight. Anyway, this is a simple peering dispute between carriers that almost certainly knew they were participating with the internet's number one traffic generator and eyeballs wanting to get back into the contractual green. Also, I don't think it's out of line for anyone to ask for free stuff.
I might be misreading your posting here, Jason, but it sounds as if you are playing into Verizon's argument that this traffic is somehow Netflix's *fault*/"responsibility", rather than merely being the other side of flows *initiated by Verizon FiOS customers*. Did I misunderstand you? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274