Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-03-15 Thread Rogelio
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:47 AM, Kevin R. Battersby ke...@battersby.net wrote: We use both fees as a deterrent. The worst cause for abuse is Bittorrent in our case. It's always good fun to get the parents on the line and let them in on a few facts about copyright violations and usage

[WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Stuart Pierce
What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top it off they are late payers and complain a little and always use the excuse they have to talk to their son in Iraq early in the morning. We only allow 20 gigs for their plan anyhow.

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread David E. Smith
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 15:35, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top it off they are late payers and complain a little and always use the excuse they have to talk to their son in Iraq early in the morning. We only allow 20

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Josh Luthman
Charge them for being late and charge them for the excessive usage (that is dollar per byte). Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: What do you do with a client

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Sam Tetherow
Charge an overage fee if you have it set up, if you don't, let them know you are instituting one. Either they are chatting with their son in 1080p high def or something else is going on. On 2/16/11 3:35 PM, Stuart Pierce wrote: What do you do with a client that uses 65gigs in 42 days ? To top

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Hog or Hippo ?

2011-02-16 Thread Kevin R. Battersby
On February 16, 2011, Josh Luthman wrote: Charge them for being late and charge them for the excessive usage (that is dollar per byte). We use both fees as a deterrent. The worst cause for abuse is Bittorrent in our case. It's always good fun to get the parents on the line and let them in on a