Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

Daniel Corbe wrote:
> Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com> writes:
>
> > On Jul 22, 2014 7:04 AM, "Jared Mauch" <jared () puck nether net> wrote:
> > > Verizon wireless has other transits apart from 701.
> > That's interesting that they have a different capacity management strategy
> > for the competitive wireless market than they have for their captive
> > landline customers.
> >
> > Seems market forces are making wireless a functional network without the
> > peering brinksmanship while market failings are allowing landline to take
> > advantage of a captive install base
> Or it could be that they're just functionally two different business
> units.  From what my contacts at Verizon Wireless tell me, Verizon
> Business move at a glacial pace, so they buy circuits from whomever they
> can.

Definitely different business units.  Verizon wireless has long been 
somewhat at arms length from the rest of Verizon - part of the reason 
that their consumer billing is such a pain.

Miles Fidelman

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