Sure, I also figured in the mean time that using a different word could help.
However, from the operators perspective there has to be something good which
provides an actual positive value for them, otherwise it would not justify the
costs.
However, I strongly agree that "benefits provided to the Internet“ is
completely overstated. Maybe this should be "benefits provided to the network“
or "benefits for the network operator“ but I also do believe that the operators
do this because they want to improve „the Internet“ and doing something within
their own network is the only handle the (currently) have. Or, as you say, we
just don’t use the word benefit at all if that helps!
Mirja
Am 12.04.2017 um 15:29 schrieb Matthew Ford <ford(_at_)isoc(_dot_)org>:
On 12 Apr 2017, at 12:52, Mirja Kühlewind
<mirja(_dot_)kuehlewind(_at_)tik(_dot_)ee(_dot_)ethz(_dot_)ch> wrote:
describe the benefits in the sense of why do operator deploy those
middleboxes.
Then don’t call them ‘benefits’ - they aren’t universally of benefit. Call
them ‘motivations’ or something, but I think a lot of people are reacting to
the use of the word ‘benefit’ as that tends to imply something that is
necessarily good. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Mat