+1 Is this what happens when a vendor gets too big? -Petter -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Socha [mailto:bryan@digitalocean.com] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 9:35 AM To: mark.tinka@seacom.mu Cc: nanog list Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on ISPs' refusal to upgrade networks | Ars Technica I don't know where everyones traffic goes but level3 and us, nothing. We've dropped all but 1 line which will be gone in 60 days. I don't care what their excuse is, they have been horrible this last 14 months and I'd rather get bw from cogent who isn't great but doesn't blame everyone else for their inability to peer better... A premium cost provider should have premium service and level3 is no longer that. Bryan Socha Network Engineer DigitalOcean 646-450-0472 On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> wrote:
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 04:18:59 PM Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
"The market" can only "work around" things if there is a functioning market. Monopolies are not a functioning market.
When did we ever have a "functioning market", even in markets that are considered "liberalized" :-)?
It is what it is - it's just less bad in some places than others.
There will be a solution - in fact, there is today. Doesn't mean it is optimal. In fact, in the presence of a monopoly, it is pretty much guaranteed to be sub-optimal.
Aye.
Mark.