Dear Owen, Would you please describe this some how more in my bussiness plan? I have both limited and unlimited users. For example I have these services in my package: 512Kb-5GB-1Month 256Kb-Unlimit-1Month And like this. Thanks
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > Right... more specific aspect of the same coin. If you have adequate > facilities, you don't need to shape users. > If you have users that are overconsuming for your pricing model, there are > two good solutions: > > 1. Raise the prices enough for everyone that you can absorb these users. > 2. Implement usage-based charges (or usage based charges above a certain > usage tier) that cause these users to either self-regulate or pay for the > necessary > upgrades to your infrastructure. > > Claiming to deliver "unlimited" service and then shaping it is, IMHO, a > questionable business practice at best. > > Owen > > On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:06 , Shahab Vahabzadeh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What I am talking mostly is some services like COA, in which you can > change users shape time-base and periodically without disconnecting them. > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you want to control usage that way, sell a metered product. Bill the >> heavy users more for their usage. >> >> Otherwise, price your services such that you can build adequate upstream >> capacity to serve your users. >> >> I'm not a fan of using "rateshaping" (which is what you are describing) >> to cover for inadequate facilities. >> >> Owen >> >> On Aug 22, 2012, at 11:57 , Shahab Vahabzadeh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Owen, >> As you know in pick time of internet usage like midnight in which we have >> free-access times too, some users which really want to use internet for >> their daily usage and not downloading or using peer-to-peer services >> unfairly affecting this problem. >> Some companies are using some polices for users to solve this problem. >> Do you have any Idea? >> Thanks >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think the first step would be to define what you mean by fair use. >>> >>> Are you talking in the DMCA sense of the term, the legal sense of the >>> term as applies >>> to IP in other areas, or something else? >>> >>> Owen >>> >>> On Aug 22, 2012, at 11:40 , Shahab Vahabzadeh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Hello Everybody, >>> > Has any body any good and easy setup idea for "Fair Use Policy" >>> service for >>> > my xdsl customers?! >>> > Can do this in the BRAS side and nothing done with accounting and >>> radius? >>> > Thanks >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards, >>> > Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator >>> > >>> > Cell Phone: +1 (415) 871 0742 >>> > PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 >>> BF90 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator >> >> Cell Phone: +1 (415) 871 0742 >> PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 BF90 >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator > > Cell Phone: +1 (415) 871 0742 > PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 BF90 > > > -- Regards, Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator Cell Phone: +1 (415) 871 0742 PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 BF90
