This does not make any sense. It appears that neither the government agencies involved nor the reporters writing the stories understand how internet connections

This does not make any sense. It appears that neither the government agencies involved nor the reporters writing the stories understand how internet connections are built or sold. For example, why does/would there need to be an ITU proposal to "use BGP routers to collect traffic flow data, which could be used, by bilateral agreement, by operators for billing purposes"? This is what virtually all internet transit providers do right now in order to bill their customers. Massive WTF; no information content.