Even at 56Kbps, if a client was using all of their bandwidth 24/7 they could do ~15GB in a 30 day month.
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marlon, > > Out of curiosity, do you know your total capacity available to each of > your subs? Can they ALL actually get 10gigs/month if they ALL tried to > do it? To be honest, I have not taken the time to figure out this > number for my network which is part of the reason I shy away from > going to by the bit pricing even though I've been a long proponent of > it. > > -RickG > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com> > wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jason Wallace" <supp...@azii.net> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:24 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] Bit Cap Thresholds, etc >> >> >>>I have a few questions for those of you who sell bandwidth by the byte: >>> >>> 1. What is the threshold you use, ie, 3Gb in 30 days, or do you have >>> different packages? >> >> 10 gigs per month for wireless. 20 gigs for fiber customers. >> >> Business users that pay more get more. However, the ones that insist on >> allowing radio on the computers etc. usually end up paying even more yet. >> We try to set a level above what they use in a normal month then cut them a >> little bit of a break on the normal billing amount. >> >>> 2. Is this total bytes in & out or just in? >> >> Total. Combined. WE pay for it both ways..... >> >>> 3. What do you charge for overages? >> >> $5 per gig. If they go over by more than 10 gigs we'll normally work to cut >> them some kind of a break. Again, the expectation is that it's got to more >> than pay for the additional costs. >> >> Don't forget the costs of AP wide slowdowns for everyone else. If that >> starts to happen and you loose the "easy" customers you have to add ap's to >> the tower. That costs both money AND spectrum. >> >> We've started an overbuild with additional bands for our heavy sites. We >> charge more for the install and the service, but that gives the gamers/high >> end customers someplace to go. AND we make SURE that service from that >> system is the BEST in the area we're in. >> >>> 4. Have you considered just throttling back customers like the satellite >>> guys do? >> >> Yeah. But there is no money in that. >> >> It's also not what our service is based upon. Our service runs as fast as >> we can make it go. Up to 10 mbps in both directions for as little as $35 >> per month. Those who pay more are paying for reliability not speed. >> >> The other thing to think about is human nature. People do what people do. >> To them, by and large, if they want to download a 100 meg windows update >> they will do it no matter what. If they want a 700meg WOW demo, they'll go >> get it. If you slow them down they'll "use" the system much longer. >> >> So instead of getting them on and off the air in, oh say 10 minutes, they >> might be there for 2 hours. The chances of another high capacity project >> happening on the network go up a LOT when the users are "on the air" for a >> longer period of time. >> >> make sense? >> marlon >> >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
