[55649] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Wed Feb 5 14:32:18 2003
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:31:12 -0500
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: Lynn Bashaw <LBashaw@yipes.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <02d901c2cd47$9e12cec0$b66e1ece@brightok.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
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