On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 09:23:44PM -0800, Peter Ford wrote:
If Sidgemore's experience matches others in the ISP business I suspect he is considering/planning such service plans because several of his important customers are asking for it. And I am sure he has the ability/mechanisms to retain those customers who demand flat/predictable billing by offering that as an option ...
Well, we'll see. The problem is suits who don't understand that billing by the byte, rather than by the router port, usually has higher costs than it does revenue enhancement. If I assert that I'm trying to reduce customer's billings, then, as a CEO of a publicly held company, I'd better have something up my sleeve that will actually enhance revenue, or I'll be out of a job, real quick. ObOps: any more news on the Florida Backhoe Incident? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592