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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: renamed: Usage based billing
Geoff Huston writes: > bandwidth are metered. Its just a big meter bucket. a 64K access pipe > can deliver some 21G per month. So charging a flat rate for a 64K > access is equivalent to charging for a 21G volume of traffic (or part > thereof). Not quite. 21 Gigs delivered in less than an hour over a DS3 link costs much more than delivering it over a month on a 64K link. ClockRate/Usage based tiered pricing accomodates volume, sustained use and burst requirements more readily than a pure volume based model. > > So another spin on this is that the issue may not be one of metered or > unmetered, but simply a discussion on the size of the metered unit. Or its definition .. > > Geoff > --pushpendra Pushpendra Mohta [email protected] +1 619 455 3908 Director, CERFnet http://www.cerf.net +1 619 455 3995 (FAX) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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