[36761] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: What does 95th %tile mean?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Thu Apr 19 18:34:20 2001
From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@fugawi.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:29:05 -0700
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> Isn't in+out a more fair representation of usage? I've always assumed
> that
> this was the standard to be honest. Thank god I'm not the billing person.
> I think Exodus does in+out.
>
> -M
It depends upon the cost model for your provider. For most providers,
outbound bandwidth is at more of a premium, so it doesn't make sense to
charge you for more of the expensive bandwidth just because you use more of
the cheap bandwidth.
DS
