I wish that such a thing actually existed. Right now most charges are on volume, with only one providor (to my knowledge) bringing a pipe in from the US on a flat rate charge. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM> To: nanog@merit.edu <nanog@merit.edu> Date: Thursday, 28 May 1998 12:37 Subject: Re: The Great Exchange

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I think it's a North American view of the world, unsurprising on NANOG :-) Traffic metering is the dominant charging mechanism for permanent connections in Oz and Connect differentiate traffic based on its source (domestic/cache/external).

Hasn't a price war just broken out in Australia, with the dominant feature being the introduction of flat-rate pricing?

-- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation