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Does anyone on the list know of any ISPs that bill based on average
utilization, rather than some variation of 95th percentile?

Thanks

Lynn Bashaw
Director, Network Engineering
Yipes Enterprise Services
2000 S. Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80222

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Average is just a function of total and time, and time progresses linearly
with time, so average x some $ figure is just the same as saying total x
some other $ figure.

So most people would just look at that as being billing based upon total
traffic volume, which yes, there are folks who do. I don't know of any in
the U.S., but it's very common overseas, particularly places which have
satellite links in their upstream path.

                                -Bill

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Does anyone on the list know of any ISPs that bill based on average
utilization, rather than some variation of 95th percentile?

We look at an mrtg graph and pick a nice spot on the graph that looks like
it is pushing enough bandwidth. We call this the "eye-ball averaging"
method. No complaints to date.

-Jack

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I know that Peer 1 offers that. http://www.peer1.net. I've talked with Bonnie Poirier, and she's very helpful. They offer both average use, and 95th percentile.

Gabriel

Lynn Bashaw wrote:

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I prefer to pick a random number, then consult my Magic 8-Ball with the
question "Is this customer paying enough money?". If the answer is no, I
raise their bill by 10Mbit and try again.

Sometimes the billing department gets a little backed up when the results
are hazy, but other than that it's a great system.

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Does anyone on the list know of any ISPs that bill based on average
utilization, rather than some variation of 95th percentile?

Sure. As long as your math is correct it does not matter how do you
calculate your bill.

Alex