On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:

> 
> (except it's not a joke)
> 
> 
> Chinese proposal to meter Internet traffic
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm
> 
> China wants to meter all internet traffic that passes through its 
> borders, it has emerged.
> 
> The move would require international agreement - but it is being 
> discussed by the United Nations body in charge of internet standards. 
> 
> ....
> 
> "An ITU spokesman said: "The ITU has no plans to modify the BGP 
> protocol, which is not an ITU-T standard."
> 
> 
"Bogus" because it's a bad idea or because the reporter significantly 
misunderstood/misrepresented what the suggestion is actually about?


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb





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