Pay-As-You-Use High-Speed Internet?

Fri May 14 23:39:25 UTC 2004

George,
We do too - it's just a composite of the 5 minute interval samples taken 
at the switch/router.
-- Jonathan

George wrote:

> Ok.
> We do this..
> we charge,,,,,,,, in 1 month intervals :)
> George
> 
> 
> Jonathan M. Slivko 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/buisness-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 senario where everyone just pays for 
>> what they use - it would be a much better system for allowing people 
>> who don't neccessarily 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?
>>
>> -- Jonathan
>>

-- 
Jonathan M. Slivko
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