[Bloat] Simplified Bloat explanation

[Bob Briscoe]

Bruce,

The candy factory analogy is a useful one. Thanks

However, I wouldn't associate it with the usage-billing issue or with 
NN. I know that was your original motivation for writing this, but 
the two issues (bandwith and latency) need to be treated separately.

Just because buffer bloat is slowing the little transfers (individual 
candies), doesn't mean anything about how much bandwidth is needed to 
transfer predicted volumes of data in reasonable time. That's about 
how many Ethels are employed to meet total demand for wrapping 
candies, which could still be an issue (or not) irrespective of 
whether we take away the hats and buckets.

The association with NN & usage-billing merely serves to confuse what 
is an otherwise helpful explanation.


Bob

At 18:44 12/04/2011, Bruce Atherton wrote:
>For those that are interested, I've written a simplified explanation 
>of BufferBloat for a nontechnical audience using a classic "I Love 
>Lucy" episode as an analogy. I wrote it to introduce the concept to 
>the people fighting Usage Based Billing here in Canada during a 
>federal election.
>
>I don't need to get all the details right because this is intended 
>for the general population, but any feedback about the general 
>correctness of the description is appreciated.
>
>http://callenish.blogspot.com/2011/03/usage-based-billing-caused-by-internet.html
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Bob Briscoe,                                BT Innovate & Design