From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf@dessus.com>
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:35:57 AM
Subject: RE: COVID-19 vs. our Networks
On Friday, 20 March, 2020 07:52, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
>Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services
>that aren't as adaptable.
Can you explain why you think that is Netflix problem?
I should think that it is a problem being experienced by persons who deliberately chose to accept the risk that Internet congestion may be a problem for the path upon which they have deliberately chosen to embark. That Risk might now come to fruition and those persons should be activating their pre-planned mitigation. If their pre-planned mitigation was "well, Netflix can shut down", then they had (hopefully) defective mitigation planning. Perhaps in the future they will do a better job of assessing Risk and mitigating that Risk.
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The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:35:57 AM
Subject: RE: COVID-19 vs. our Networks
On Friday, 20 March, 2020 07:52, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
>Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services
>that aren't as adaptable.
Can you explain why you think that is Netflix problem?
I should think that it is a problem being experienced by persons who deliberately chose to accept the risk that Internet congestion may be a problem for the path upon which they have deliberately chosen to embark. That Risk might now come to fruition and those persons should be activating their pre-planned mitigation. If their pre-planned mitigation was "well, Netflix can shut down", then they had (hopefully) defective mitigation planning. Perhaps in the future they will do a better job of assessing Risk and mitigating that Risk.
--
The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.