We peer with Netflix directly on an exchange, and transit Level3, Cogent, HE & TW. In me experience, when our direct peer is down for whatever reason, Netflix prefers Hurricane Electric no matter what - if the route is there, it takes it - then Cogent, then Level3, then TW. I agree that the Netflix team is responsive and easy to work with, and again in my experience, their network team is extremely interested in making things happen (despite what blogs & hearsay ...) Randal On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
While thinking about this double play over the weekend, a very interesting chain of thoughts occurred to me.
If I were Netflix, why would I buy all my transit from Cogent[1], given Cogent's propensity for getting into peering fights with people *already*, even before *I* start sending them 1000:1 asymmetric outbound traffic?
Presumably because they're offering me a helluva deal on the bandwidth.
So why would Cogent offer Netflix a helluva deal?
Perhaps because they were smart enough to see how popular NF would become... and thought it would make an excellent stalking horse in their own peering fights?
Who's gonna depeer Cogent *now*?
Cheers, -- jra [1] This is my understanding, though of course I'm not privy. -- 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