[55651] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: billing systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Welty)
Wed Feb 5 15:25:27 2003
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:21:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard Welty <rwelty@averillpark.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> wrote:
>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.
ISPs using a magic 8-ball based billing system may find that customizing
the 8-ball is not only feasible but may make for better profit margins
when the 8-ball is properly tuned:
http://8ball.ofb.net/howto.html
i might be persuaded to make a presentation on this at the next nanog
meeting.
cheers,
richard
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Richard Welty rwelty@averillpark.net
Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592
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