"potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute

Fri Dec 17 18:11:26 UTC 2010

On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:

> ... Level3 must think that their business
> would be better off with regulatory oversight of peering, or they
> would not have taken this action. 

And they might be correct in thinking that, if we assume the peering ecosystem is changing i.e. such that traditional "backbones" are being bypassed.  Regulatory oversight might have the effect of locking-in today's interconnect regime, which would be ideal for Level(3).

Cheers,
-Benson