From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-21-ewr.dyndns.com (mxout-122-ewr.mailhop.org [216.146.33.122]) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF98E2E03A7 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from scan-22-ewr.mailhop.org (scan-22-ewr.local [10.0.141.244]) by mail-21-ewr.dyndns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C23196F for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:56:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 () X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 24.71.223.10 Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mail-21-ewr.dyndns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E68730EB for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd3ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.140]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 28 Feb 2011 14:56:18 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.1 cv=PoCsjI4yX/9PNLpOJB7VMdKHKyM4vJcX/7ufEpQ0Uvw= c=1 sm=1 a=CymsHaT8A9kA:10 a=BLceEmwcHowA:10 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=xqWC_Br6kY4A:10 a=9nlebEN0lvQ0tDjrQmGQsw==:17 a=b7SLfKwVAAAA:8 a=3dZX8JWgAAAA:8 a=qb6WEAJgEvmwTtj_IukA:9 a=8sd5XwadytVXX705sns2b0vRkT4A:4 a=Fw8iwiUKpeAA:10 a=Ls3g0dwzjE0A:10 a=TphoKWqS9HQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Received: from unknown (HELO amd.pacdat.net) ([96.48.77.141]) by pd3ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 28 Feb 2011 14:56:18 -0700 Received: from localhost ([::1]) by amd.pacdat.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PuB4j-0006Ee-Bn for bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:56:17 -0800 From: richard To: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:56:16 -0800 Message-Id: <1298930176.15371.51.camel@amd.pacdat.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_bar: -- Subject: [Bloat] Usage Based Billing - It's All About Perceived Congestion X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:57:04 -0000 As some have remarked, UBB, especially here and now in Canada, is one response to what we're dealing with in bufferbloat. I sent a note to Michael Geist, the lawyer/blogger best known here for dealing with internet related bureaucracy including our CRTC and the Copyright board, and it got me to writing about that aspect of it. The result is: http://digital-rag.com/article.php/All-About-Perceived-Congestion-UBB It's aimed at the public and non-technical so allow me a few missing things in the explanations :) richard -- Richard C. Pitt Pacific Data Capture rcpitt@pacdat.net 604-644-9265 http://digital-rag.com www.pacdat.net PGP Fingerprint: FCEF 167D 151B 64C4 3333 57F0 4F18 AF98 9F59 DD73