[2442] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Billing phillosophy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (redmiston@gte.com)
Fri Feb 28 14:19:06 1992
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 92 14:10:49 -0500
To: Jack Haverty <jhaverty@us.oracle.com>
From: redmiston@gte.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Hi Jack - It somehow is hard for me to think of Jack Haverty as a network
customer, but you do sound like one! Must be the west coast - I hear it
does strange things to people :-).
>One other point I'd make - "traffic based" does not equate to traffic counting.
>It should include other factors, like distance I would expect.
Good point: "Traffic-based" is not equivalent to traffic counting.
I take your comments to mean you agree - as commercial internets grow,
customers will want and need a variety of billing plans. Many will contain
at least partially traffic-based charging.
I also would like to hear about recent developments in internet accounting.
Dick
