Given that StreamBoost(tm) consists of fq_codel + bigfoots packet classification technology and service which gives prioritization to gamer packets + some kind of automatic rate finder (better than gargoyle's ACC I'm told). I am increasingly irked by how the roles these technologies' interplay are being sold by the people selling it. (the prioritization bit is thoroughly oversold, fq_codel is never mentioned)
I AM happy it's being sold, winning things like best in show at SCTE for example. there is clearly demand for debloating technologies! I liked the idea of BroadBandEQ(tm) last year. Still do. Being that at the time I was nominally working for the cable industry I wasn't in a position to go around trademarking things. Now I'm not. I can't remember if Bill followed up on the trademark or not. I'm not sure if what I have in mind for this code is "competitive" with StreamBoost or Pie, I think I was trying merely to go for a term (like SQM) that covered more stuff than "AQM", rather than a "brand", like BroadBandEQ. I do like things like the Dolby brand to ensure quality for the final product (and make a little money). CeroWrt doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. There are billions of devices that need fixing, and perhaps creating a trusted brand, and trusted tests, would help? I've long thought about setting up a 501c6 for bufferbloat.net, maybe that would work? Aside from the name and branding discussion here: Next years effort is going to be "make-wifi-fast", which will apply a lot of things we've discussed here to some new hardware. It's a lot easier to talk to people about the goal of making wifi fast, than it is to describe bufferbloat, or ipv6. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Rich Brown <richb.hano...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > I just remembered that about a year ago, Bill McGonigle offered a “marketing > name” for CeroWrt - BroadbandEQ. He wrote: > >> From: Bill McGonigle <b...@bfccomputing.com> >> Subject: Re: Dang, I forgot... >> Date: December 10, 2012 11:13:55 PM EST >> To: Richard Brown >> >> Rationale: Not a precise technical name, but in the vein of "WiFi" it's >> something that people can make a prior association with. Hi-Fi's and >> equalizers, right? >> To backcronym it, "Broadband Enhanced Queueing" which ain't such a bad >> description. >> I know that "broadband" is technically wrong on many topologies, but it >> seems to >> have achieved popular usage for "high speed Internet". I realize that >> Co-Del will be >> also useful on non-last-mile links and such, but the intent is to have >> something on a >> label on a SOHO router box at the warehouse club for people to recognize, >> right? >> Getting it in use is more important than being technically pedantic anyway, >> and a catchy >> marketing name seems to have worked for WiFi, err, I mean "802.11[b,g,a,n] >> wireless >> ethernet and associated standards." >> >> It would be fairly simple to create a logo involving the word and slider >> knobs >> or something. If there's interest I could whip up a Rev. A. logo. And, >> besides, >> it looks like it's not in use: https://www.google.com/search?q=“broadbandeq"; > > The name continues to grow on me… > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel -- Dave Täht Fixing bufferbloat with cerowrt: http://www.teklibre.com/cerowrt/subscribe.html _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
