Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )

Wed Oct 30 19:49:37 UTC 1996

Michael Dillon <michael at memra.com> wrote
> 
> On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Scott Huddle wrote:
> 
> > > > Applying lets say 1 cent per  100 bit charge, AAA gets $455.64 from BBB
> > > 
> > > > So here is my question -- why is this kind of arrangement not being used
> > > > anywhere???
> > > 
> > > The bookkeeping costs $2000 per month for *BOTH* providers to monitor
> > > this, collect data, collect bills, etc....
> >  
> > Source of data, please?
> 
> Same source as the other guy's data. I pulled it out of thin air.
> Actually, I figured $2,000 per month would be an appropriate salary for
> one clerk to handle this job.
> 
> And the point was that managing settlements costs money. We know that in
> the POTS system the costs of usage based billing are at least 50% of the
> total. 

OK, do you have a source for the POTs number?

-scott