[70429] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Pay-As-You-Use High-Speed Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan M. Slivko)
Fri May 14 17:31:18 2004
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 17:29:56 -0400
From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@invisiblehand.net>
To: "J.J.Bailey" <jjb@bcc.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200405142127.i4ELRBpg003324@alpha.bcc.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Yes, but part of the software is a billing component which tells you
*exactly* how much bandwidth you've used and what the total cost of the
bandwidth is. You can also set a budget limit in the application which
would not allow the bandwidth purchased to exceed $x.
-- Jonathan
J.J.Bailey wrote:
>>Hello Fellow NANOG'ers,
>>
>>I was just thinking about this - tell me if it sounds reasonable? The
>>company that I work for developed a piece of technology which, through
>>rate-limit statements, allow customers to buy/sell bandwidth "on
>>demand". Now, I was thinking: "Why can't we take this technology that
>>we've tested successfully in a colo environment and adapt it a little
>>bit for personal/business-class ISP's to allow them to bill for the
>>bandwidth that a customer uses, and only that with the exception of a
>>base monthly fee (to cover the DSL/T1 loop, e-mail services, support,
>>etc.) of a few dollars.
>>
>>Personally, I would like to see a scenario where everyone just pays for
>>what they use - it would be a much better system for allowing people who
>>don't necessarily need to get on the Internet at high-speed, get on
>>high-speed which will not only increase revenue for the ISP's, but also
>>for the customer who can now use DSL/T1 access in a much more effective way.
>>
>>Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
>
>
> Sounds good in theory. Sometimes, though, people don't want billing
> surprises. They find that knowing what the bill will be is more
> valuable than the savings. Or, they are unwilling to get hammered by
> an anomaly.
>
--
Jonathan M. Slivko
Network Operations Center
Invisible Hand Networks, Inc.
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