[AusNOG] Netflix Peering in AU

[Ben Grubb]

If anything, people should be questioning why Netflix decided to have them
removed. Not very transparent in my view... but I suspect it was because
they didn't want to be associated with 'slowing down the internet'.

Conversely, perhaps they didn't realise their traffic graphs were public.

What I find really interesting at the moment is that Netflix could actually
be a very good arguing point for smaller carriers to get NBN Co's $17.50
per Mbps CVC charge reduced, and the 121 points of interconnect reduced.

If everyone is averaging 4Mbps during peak periods you're all going to have
to provision for that.

Add the access charge on top of that and you're going to be making very
little money.

Phil Dobbie did a good podcast on this last week:
http://whirlpool.net.au/news/go.cfm?article=88059

What also surprised me was iiNet underestimating how popular Netflix would
be.

They've been putting up a dozen fault notices over the last few days
recognising backhaul issues in peak periods:
http://www.iinet.net.au/status/fault.php?id=3893465
http://www.iinet.net.au/status/fault.php?id=3853439
http://www.iinet.net.au/status/fault.php?id=3845149
etc etc

iiNet's CEO initially blamed Telstra for Mass Service Disruptions for slow
speeds but it was not related to that.

At least they're being transparent about it I guess with fault notices :)


On 5 April 2015 at 09:41, Shayne <shayne.mcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree. The graphs were public.
>
> Any complaints is about not being able to see them again which is a
> shame... and its all about pointing the blame at someone
>
> At the end of the day it's not Ben's fault even If this article was the
> cause.
>
>
> On 05/04/2015 9:31 am, "Ben Grubb" <bgrubb at smh.com.au> wrote:
>
>> "I suggest that in future when you write a story that utilises publicly available
>> data"
>>
>> As Simon Lyall has pointed out, these were actually public graphs. There
>> was no password protection on them.
>>
>> Type "IX Australia graphs" into Google and you'll find them straight away.
>>
>> By the way, the graphs I used are actually still public - I didn't
>> actually use the Netflix port ones as images, though I did link to them.
>>
>> There was no "redo" of the data - it was simply WYSIWYG with a grey
>> background to compensate for the width of the article, as explained
>> earlier. The source of the data was also clearly stated in the article.
>>
>> Again, I don't understand what the complaint is. These were not super
>> secret graphs...
>>
>> On 5 April 2015 at 00:02, Peter Lawler <ausnog at bleeter.id.au> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/04/15 02:33, Ben Grubb wrote:
>>> > It's funny because I didn't
>>> > actually sensationalise it like you are suggesting
>>>
>>> I suspect that point is, Ben, that you didn't need to. You've, in your
>>> mind at least, simply done your job and any collateral damage that you
>>> may have caused is none of your concern or responsibility, either
>>> morally or ethically.
>>>
>>> I suggest that in future when you write a story that utilises publicly
>>> available data, you don't simply screenshot and rejig the background.
>>> Redo the stuff entirely, that way sources may not get pissed off at
>>> their data being used for what they may believe be purposes for which it
>>> was not intended.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Pete.
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