[9509] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Flat Rate vs. Prime Time
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Mehring)
Fri Jan 7 03:40:24 1994
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 03:19:56 -500 (EST)
From: Jason Mehring <jason@nic.hookup.net>
To: Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@humres-server.net.tufts.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9401051440.AA02806@psi.com>
Speaking from experience, business users usually use our service during the
Prime Time period, and residential users logon between the hours of 5PM and
Midnight.
Although usuage is higher during business hours, we are able to still
provide fair pricing to ALL users (50 cents per hour, $300 dedicated),
without imposing penalties for daytime users while maintaining quick and
reliable service.
On Wed, 5 Jan 1994 Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@humres-server.net.tufts.edu wrote:
> While sifting through some different plans, I noticed that some
> people have "Prime Time" charges much as the phone company. Just out
> of curiousity, does it make a difference? Is this policy there to
> keep the load low at that time or is it there to make just 'a little
> more'?
>
> If it's there to keep the load low, does that mean that you have
> a large customer base? Or do you have too small a machine to handle
> your market?
>
> --gk
>
J. W. Mehring =============================================================
Customer Support, Network Information Centre E-mail: jason@nic.hookup.net
HookUp Communication Corporation - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
