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Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:15:14 -0600
On Dec 17, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Loránd Jakab wrote:
Since it is Friday, maybe some of peering experts have some time to speculate what this new approach proposed by Comcast might be, as they assert it would represent "a significant shift of Internet infrastructure." http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=202121 http://blog.comcast.com/2010/12/comcast-continues-discussions-with-level-3----offers-to-trial-new-solutions.html
I have no direct knowledge of the situation, but my guess: I suspect the proposal was along the lines of longest-path / best-exit routing by Level(3). In other words, if L(3) carries the traffic (most of the way) to the customer, then Comcast has no complaint--the costs can be more fairly distributed. The "modest investment" is probably in tools to evaluate traffic and routing metrics, to make this work. This isn't really *new* to the peering community, but it isn't normal either. If anybody knows for sure, I'd be interested to hear. Cheers, -Benson
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- "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Loránd Jakab (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Benson Schliesser (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Joe Greco (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Benson Schliesser (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Jeff Wheeler (Dec 17)
- RE: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve theComcast - L3 dispute George Bonser (Dec 17)
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- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve theComcast - L3 dispute Marshall Eubanks (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Joe Greco (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Benson Schliesser (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Benson Schliesser (Dec 17)
- Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute Steve Schultze (Dec 17)