The way I make them understand is that I tell them that I have hundreds of businesses (call them by name) that use less than 3gigs of data transfer a month. I also tell them that it is relatively impossible for them to even get close to 2 gigs of transfer by sending emails, general surfing, goggling...etc without hitting the P2P stuff downloading movies & music.
We do limit p2p on this network as well as limit residential threads onto the internet. We have always shaped the P2P on the network as a whole, but only in the last 2 months have we limited the connections. I must confess that it brought the bandwidth utilization down by 7mbps. That is a TRAMATIC difference! Mac Dearman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rabbtux rabbtux Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:03 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] per customer computer pricing Yes, but how do you explain what 5G/month is to the average sub?? They worry because they don't see this with the 'big boys' that advertize & don't sevre their area. Do you find it takes alot more selling/education for each sub? On 2/17/07, Mac Dearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tell my residential subs that we don't care if they have a hundred PCs. We > don't have a cap on bandwidth that is available, but we do tell them that > with each subscription is included 5gigs of data transfer per month. We sale > bandwidth for a living and it is metered just like electricity and water. > Help yourself to all you want, but it is not a free for all or a buffet > where you can eat all you want for the low low price of $8.99. > > I realize I will probably get a scalding rebuke over my 5gigs, but I don't > have copper in the ground or FTTH to allow a Hogs feast on my bandwidth. I > run a very successful WIRELESS ISP and the BH pipes and APs are all limited > in the amount of data they can carry. That is not my fault, but it is my > problem and that is how I deal with it! I never have a complaint and I sell > a fantastic service. > > Mac Dearman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Nash > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:08 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] per customer computer pricing > > We just tell them that the fact that they have more computers will > inevitably increase the expected bandwidth usage. We're flexible on it. > Essentially, if we have a customer that is clearly a business setup, we > charge more. If it is an ultra-geek setup, we'll charge it. If it's a mom > & pop shop that just so happens to go over the threshold, we don't worry > about it. > > Mark Nash > Network Engineer > UnwiredOnline.Net > 350 Holly Street > Junction City, OR 97448 > http://www.uwol.net > 541-998-5555 > 541-998-5599 fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rabbtux rabbtux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 3:45 AM > Subject: [WISPA] per customer computer pricing > > > >I noticed that many WISPs have plans based on how many customer > > computers are hooked up to the customer's service. How does that > > work? Your installer counts computers initially, but then what? > > > > I have several power users with 5-10 computers and would like to move > > them to another plan, but need to understand how others do it. > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/