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. Miles -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra