3 Jun
2001
3 Jun
'01
1:23 a.m.
Any customers who are being billed by an ISP using MRTG should quickly install their own more accurate and properly designed accounting system and monitor their end of the pipe to make sure that any errors in MRTGs measurements remain in their favour.
Pretty much every billing scheme is based upon statistical sampling in some form. It's not exactly fair to ignore sampling errors in your favor and then cry foul should the odds go against you. On the other hand, providers that use statistical sampling should disclose that to their customers so that they understand that they're being billed using systems that aren't necessarily 100% reproducible. DS