Could have a program or site that shows current usage and encourage they monitor it... or email them an alert when it appears they'll pass their allowance.
Maybe an ntop page that breaks down types of usage. ---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Yunker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality > >I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the >>month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water >>to fill my pool was going to cost me. > > The problem with that analogy is two fold: > > (1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally > put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been > downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that client > software automatically enables sharing. > > (2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED > USAGE. > My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from > local citizens who have complaints about their water bills. Most > customers > who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the excessive > water charges. For instance, they might have a toilet that won't stop > running. Similar circumstances occur in the internet world when a P2P > program automatically shares data with the world OR when a virus evades > your > computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out to the net. > > Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses > as > to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the > meter. > > - Larry > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
