Netflix To Cogent To World
William Herrin
bill at herrin.us
Wed Jul 23 15:24:25 UTC 2014
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> If I were Netflix, why would I buy all my transit from Cogent[1], given
> Cogent's propensity for getting into peering fights with people *already*,
> even before *I* start sending them 1000:1 asymmetric outbound traffic?
Did they not buy from Level 3 as well?
> So why would Cogent offer Netflix a helluva deal?
Because that's the business Cogent is in? Underprice everybody but the
buyer gets what he gets without any real recourse if it isn't good
enough. Good money as a bottom feeder as long as you don't make the
mistake of selling a dollar for fifty cents.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Brandon Butterworth
<brandon at rd.bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> Previous events have shown Cognet only use live rounds, so why would they
> not take the opportunity to get a bigger gun?
Just so.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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