28 Apr
2014
28 Apr
'14
10:09 a.m.
On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Hugo Slabbert wrote:
Comcast is the destination network for the traffic; they're not providing transit services to Netflix. Comcast needs to accept the Netflix traffic that Comcast's customers are requesting *somehow*; I don't see why they get to charge Netflix for a private peering relationship that's beneficial to both sides.
If done on a cost-recovery basis (alternating or otherwise), the net cost to both providers should be small, well within the of the boundaries of a standard cost of doing business. That argument also seems to be overlooked by people in the "Yes, $ISP should be able to charge both customers and content providers for the same traffic" camp. jms