Netflix And AT&T Sign Peering Agreement

Mon Aug 4 20:21:48 UTC 2014

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:21:05PM -0400, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jay Ashworth" <jra at baylink.com>
> 
> > > Previously, Netflix signed similar agreements with Comcast and
> > > Verizon.
> > >
> > > http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/netflix-and-att-sign-peering-agreement/
> > 
> > Am I nuts in thinking that *someone* has mispelt "Netflix agrees to
> > buy transit from AT&T"?
> 
> As several people were kind enough to point out to me off-list, "yes"
> is the answer to that question.

Thanks Jay.  Can you put it in a nutshell just in case others are a
little vague on the finer points of these arrangements and their
significance in the current content provider / network provider row?

The best thing about journalists is that they're always right (unless
they're writing about something you know about, in which case they seem
to always screw it up.)  I like how in this case the author declares
that "This is the new normal."

Marcus