{"id":272,"date":"2011-07-19T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theubbdeception.ca\/?p=272"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:55:18","slug":"unofficial-video-rebuttal-to-crtc-2011-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/large-corporations\/unofficial-video-rebuttal-to-crtc-2011-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Unofficial Video Rebuttal to CRTC 2011-77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Or &#8220;billing by the byte might be illegal&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also available in written form on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarknews.com\/articles\/6102-rebutting-the-crtc-s-stance-on-internet-billing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mark News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an unofficial video rebuttal to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/archive\/2011\/2011-77.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-77 &#8211; Review of billing practices for wholesale residential high-speed access services.<\/a> But first, you might want to find out <a href=\"\/2011\/07\/why-im-not-participating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I&#8217;m Not Participating<\/a> in the current round of hearings.<\/p>\n<p>This unofficial rebuttal is what I would have presented to the CRTC proceeding if I were capable of doing so. Be advised however that this <em>practice video<\/em> might be a bit rough around the edges. But that&#8217;s okay since one day, I will have to do a presentation in front of the Commission, and these videos are excellent training tools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LWpKuQ8byvU\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the video does include new ways of seeing certain elements of our technology that may appear a bit unusual at first, but do consider the possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>And to better understand the full implications of Usage-Based Billing on our society, please watch the video that officially launched this Web site and my personal campaign against all volume based Internet billing schemes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6peRQV5hFEQ\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For reference purposes, here is the CRTC rebuttal text. However, I wouldn&#8217;t advise anyone to actually read it at the CRTC proceeding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" lang=\"en-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Unofficial Video Rebuttal<br \/>\nto CRTC 2011-77<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">Hello, I&#8217;m Fran\u00e7ois \tCaron, and I&#8217;ve been following the CRTC Usage-based Billing and \tAggregated Volume Pricing proceedings for a few years now. And I \tmust say that I&#8217;m extremely disappointed that such a deceptive and \tpotentially fraudulent concept for an Internet billing scheme has \tsurvived for this long.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">Despite not having \tmade a presentation in front of the CRTC, I still felt the need to \trecord a video rebuttal for the current proceeding, and possibly \thelp clarify a few of the many misconceptions that have been \tdisseminated over the years, and which I regret to say the \tintervenors opposed to \u201cbilling by the byte\u201d have failed to \tthoroughly denounce during their many appearances in front of the \tCommission.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><strong>First. Data \tdoesn&#8217;t exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">Unlike other \tproducts we buy every day, data is neither a manufactured product, \tnor a consumable product. Data is nothing more than a series of \telectrical signals travelling through a bunch of wires over short \tand long distances. The presence or absence of these signals barely \thas an impact on the networking equipment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">The equipment&#8217;s \toperating environment however has a much greater impact on the \toperating costs than the data flowing through it, especially with \toutdoor equipment where the elements have a real impact on operating \tcosts. Data volume has such a low impact on networking equipment \tthat it can be considered as non-existent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><strong>Second. \tCongestion doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">What would happen \tif demand for Internet services reached the maximum capacity of a \tprovider&#8217;s network? The networking equipment would simply not go any \tfaster.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">This is why \tInternet congestion doesn&#8217;t really exist. Congestion implies that \tthe &#8220;pipes are dirty&#8221; and you need to \u201cclean them up.\u201d \tBut computer networks don&#8217;t work this day. What happens to a network \tpushed to its limits is that it just keep pushing data through as \tfast as it can, with any extra data packets wanting to go through \tnow required to wait their turn.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">If the network&#8217;s \tspeed usage patterns have been properly calculated and configured \tinto the system, the network&#8217;s actual traffic degradation could be \tso low that very few people will every notice that anything is \twrong.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><strong>Third. Billing \tby the byte is unreliable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">It&#8217;s reasonable to \tbelieve that if independent ISPs are charged AVP fees by the large \ttelephone and cable companies, the ISPs will most likely pass those \tcosts to their customers in the form of UBB fees. And this is what \tmight happen.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">At the beginning of \teach billing cycle, everyone overuses their Internet connection to \ttake advantage of their available monthly caps. The network maxes \tout, and everyone&#8217;s Internet experience is severely degraded.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">Now it&#8217;s the end of \tthe billing cycle, and everyone rushes to consume what&#8217;s left of \ttheir monthly caps. The network maxes out once again, and everyone&#8217;s \tInternet experience is severely degraded.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">Usage-based Billing \tcould make it next to impossible to properly configure and manage a \tdata network due to these wild fluctuations in data usage. But on a \tspeed-based network, there is no need for anyone to binge on huge \tvolumes of data during certain times of the month. Everyone uses the \tInternet at their own pace with no worries about caps, resulting in \tcomprehensive usage patterns suitable for most network management \trequirements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">In fact, speed \tbased measurements are so reliable that they can also be used for \tbilling purposes, and for calculating the true operating costs of \tnetworking service. Volume based measurements are useless for these \tcritical business objectives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\"><strong>Fourth. Billing \tby the byte might be illegal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">I&#8217;ve contacted \tMeasurement Canada a couple of years ago about the use of bytes as a \tunit of measurement for the purpose of trade. I was informed that \tbytes aren&#8217;t in Measurement Canada&#8217;s list of approved units of \tmeasurement, and that they do not regulate the use of bytes for the \tpurpose of trade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">But considering the \thuge revenue streams that would be generated through the \timplementation of faulty UBB or AVP based pricing schemes &#8212; on top \tof the existing subscription fees &#8212; it&#8217;s not impossible that this \tlarge scale use of an unregulated and highly inaccurate unit of \tmeasurement could be considered as fraud. The Commission might want \tto look into this.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">These are just a \tfew examples of what&#8217;s wrong with Usage-based Billing of Internet \tservices. It is a highly deceptive and potentially destructive \tbilling scheme that should have never been considered or even taken \tseriously in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">If you would like \tmore information on how Usage-based Billing can be used not only to \tempty our wallets, but also to compromise our freedoms and our \tdemocracy, please visit my Web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\">The \tUBB Deception dot com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">I&#8217;m Fran\u00e7ois \tCaron, thank you for watching.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or &#8220;billing by the byte might be illegal&#8221; Also available in written form on The Mark News. This is an unofficial video rebuttal to Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-77 &#8211; Review of billing practices for wholesale residential high-speed access &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/large-corporations\/unofficial-video-rebuttal-to-crtc-2011-77\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,10],"tags":[12,22,35,37,38,69,83,84,86,88],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-large-corporations","category-regulatory","category-videos","tag-2011-77","tag-billing-by-the-byte","tag-congestion","tag-crtc","tag-data","tag-rebuttal","tag-ubb","tag-unreliable","tag-usage-based-billing","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milnoc.com\/theubbdeception\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}