Trying to Make Sense of the Comcast/Level 3 Dispute

Sat Dec 4 03:18:08 UTC 2010

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, christian koch wrote:
>
>> my guess is the info for that was pulled off comcast's route server, where
>> only tata is seen
>
> Asymmetric routing on the Internet?  What will they think of next?!
>
> That said, does changing the name of the middle network change the substance of the post?
>

Nope--just pointing out that Yahoo content is not stuck on the
congested pathway in the direction in which the congestion
exists, at least until Comcast decides to start sending sufficient
outbound traffic to cause congestion in both directions.  Just
didn't like the portrayal of our connectivity as being stuck behind
a traffic jam of other data, potentially causing Comcast users to
subconsciously avoid going to Yahoo sites for fear they might be
somehow affected by that line of cars.

> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
> P.S. And does Y! have a route-server to figure this stuff out? :)

Not one that the security team would allow me to open up to outside
queries, I'm afraid.  :(

Matt