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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: If the cheap flatrate broadband were to go away and be replaced by a metered one, we as an industry need to figure out how to do billing in a customer-friendly manner. We do not have much experience with this in many markets. Caps/fair use plans are common in 20 out of 30 OECD countries. Although Sweden and the USA may not have much experience with it, it seems like other countries do have some experience. And more than likely the billing software vendors from other OECD countries would be more than happy to expand into a new market like the USA. Probably all you need to do is call up your favorite networking vendor sales person and ask them how do I do it. They probably already have a bunch of white papers and stuff you can buy. http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2825_495656_39575670_1_1_1_1,00.html Large enterprise users have had 95/5, avg, peak, etc Internet billing for a decade. Although I think all carrier's billing systems are deliberately fubarred, it hasn't been an insurmountable problem.
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