On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 12:51:39PM -0600, Jack Bates wrote:
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.
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. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)