Marlon, With all due respect, the math you presented is missing a factor and a bit rough :-
Total number of seconds in a Month = 60seconds x 60 min x 24hrs x 30 (or 31) days = 2,592,000 (2,678,400) A TI is rated for 1.5mb/s (or 24 channels of 64K each)= 1536kbps = 1536 x 1024 (bits/sec)= /8 to conert to bytes = 196,864 bytes/sec = /1024 to convert to Kbytes/sec = 192.25 KiloBytes / sec Total possible amount of data tranfer on a T1 in a month = 196,846 x 2,592,000 = /(1024 x 1024) to convert to Mega Bytes = 486632.8125 or 475.227 Giga Bytes. Or 0.464 Tera Bytes in each direction. --------------------------------------------------- Faisal Imtiaz Computer Office Solutions Inc. /SnappyDSL.net Ph: (305) 663-5518 x 232 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing OK, in light of that. Have you run the calculations on what a 1 meg, 3 meg and 6 meg stream will use? Remember to count BOTH directions. Our average user is about 8x down vs. up. So a 3 meg incoming video stream also contains what, about 375k of outbound too. As I recall, when I figured our overage plan out back in 1999 (yeah, that's when WE made this decision) it was determined that a t-1 running full out both ways would be able to transfer about 8TB of data. I'm not sure that's right though. Last month we averaged 4.67MBps in and 1.04MBps out at our Ephrata POP. In Odessa it was 3.09MBps in and .5184MBps out (Ephrata has all of the servers). That's a total system wide AVERAGE usage of 7.76 in and 1.5584 out. Our total BYTES in was 1.49 TB in and .33132 TB out. 1.81 TB total. Either the original math was wrong or there can be a LARGE disconnect between average speeds and actual amount of data transferred. Just for kicks lets try it this way. According to a google search there are 2,628,000 seconds in a month. A t-1 can move 192 bytes per second. I make that out to be 504,576,000 Bytes per month one way. Double it for symmetric service and you get 1,009,152,000 about 1 TB per month if running full out. Clearly there can be a disconnect between the SPEEDS people get and the DATA they consume. Go figure. Either way, it takes x amount of hardware to deliver x amount of data to people. We are constantly upgrading our gear so that it'll run just as fast as it can go. We have no pre-built tiers of service. Everything runs wide open. People place themselves into the tiers with their overages (a few business accounts are exceptions to this rule). We only have to bill overages on about 10% of our customer base per month. And it's rarely the same 10%. There are those that always go over and expect the overage bill but I think that's only about 5% or so of our customer base (I'd have to ask Apryl to be sure if anyone cares that much). Laters, marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Rogers" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing > What happens when the teenager starts the streaming tv on the xbox and > a friend shows up... decides to go down the street but leaves it > running till mom and dad gets home at 6:00 PM? Then mom and dad > decide to rent a movie. To me, I am counting on over-selling the > bandwidth and that is where the profit is. My dynamic is changing and > the only thing that makes sense is to pay if you use it ... more than > normal. > > I am looking for pros and cons of metered/tiered billing. I have > heard from many as to why they wouldn't and don't, so who is billing > tiered and/or metered? The questions still stand. > > Eric Rogers > Precision Data Solutions, LLC > (317) 831-3000 x200 > > Fat-fingered from my phone! > > On Nov 8, 2009, at 9:46 AM, "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Not everyone uses 6Mbps all day long. >> >> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thats one way to utilize bandwidth shaping but how do you " >>> guaranteed >>> minimum of 1.5Mbps, 4Mbps and >>> 6Mbps" at those low rates to every use and make money? Maybe I'm >>> wrong but >>> the problem I see is that you will end up having unhappy >>> subscribers when >>> their expectations are not met. Thats where the premium rates can >>> come in. >>> I >>> find people all the time who would pay more for committed speeds if >>> it can >>> be delivered. >>> >>> BTW: Cricket Communications, subsidiary of Leap Wireless has lost >>> money >>> since its inception and continues to do so. Give me an example of an >>> non-subsidized "all you can eat service" company in a competitive >>> market >>> that actually makes money (bottom line). >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Jayson Baker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ya know, we've looked at this many times over the past couple >>>> years, and >>>> even tested it for a bit. >>>> >>>> Fact is, people like unlimited, and not having to guess. I, myself, >>> being >>>> a >>>> fairly lite user of the Internet, would still always opt for an >>>> unlimited >>>> plan--even if I knew my bill may be lower on a pay-per-use plan. >>>> I have >>>> unlimited cell phone minutes, txt messages, etc. If I could pay for >>>> unlimited utilites, I'd certainly do that too! >>>> >>>> We've got the infrastructure in place for a pay-per-use, and could >>> activate >>>> it at anytime. We tried selling it about a year ago, and people >>>> just >>>> didn't >>>> understand the concept. People aren't used to it--most people got >>>> online >>>> when Internet was $19.95/mo for dialup (or, $22.95 for AOL!), and >>>> don't >>>> remember the 10 for $10 dial-up packages. Nobody knows what ISDN >>>> with >>> 300 >>>> hours is. >>>> >>>> We currently offer 12Mbps service for $24.95/mo. This makes us the >>> fastest >>>> in the area, and the cheapest. We have local sales, support and >>>> installations. We decided the way to win is to shape traffic--we >>>> offer >>>> three 12Mbps packages; one with a guaranteed minimum of 1.5Mbps, >>>> 4Mbps >>> and >>>> 6Mbps. If you do nothing than browse, share pictures, etc. (i.e. >>>> "normal >>>> use") you'll always see the 12Mbps. But once you fire up a >>>> torrent or >>>> Netflix, you only get that speed for 10 minutes--after that, you >>>> get your >>>> guaranteed minimum. Prices double from 1.5 to 4, and double again >>>> going >>> to >>>> 6Mbps. We have never had a complaint about speed or price with this >>>> structure. >>>> >>>> I'm hoping that the "big guys" do go to pay-per-use plans. Just >>>> one more >>>> way we can advertise and win against them. "Tired of counting >>>> your bits >>>> and >>>> bytes? We're unlimited" Look at Cricket wireless--they've just >>>> exploded >>>> with customers on their unlimited-everything service. >>>> >>>> Just my 2 cents >>>> >>>> Jayson >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The cellular guys don't charge by the minute... I have an unlimited >>> plan >>>>> on my cell phone. I can also get unlimited text and internet >>>>> access for >>>>> $9.95/mo extra. >>>>> >>>>> People don't want to guess what their internet bills are going to >>>>> be >>> from >>>>> month to month. Would you want that at your own home? >>>>> >>>>> Travis >>>>> Microserv >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Gary Garrett wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You sound like the cell phone company. >>>>> I am convinced the big failure in my business model is I charge >>>>> by the >>>>> month while the cellular guys charge by the minute. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Travis Johnson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> You are talking about having to add additional resources (radius, >>>>> etc.) >>>>> to track it. Then you have to bill it. Then you get to deal with >>>>> the >>>>> phone calls from users that say "My computer wasn't even turned on >>>>> during those times. Remove the charge or I will go elsewhere." So, >>> even >>>>> that one extra phone call costs you money (because you have to >>>>> think >>>>> about scaling). Imagine if you have 100x the number of customers >>>>> you >>>>> have now... does the same solution work? Probably not. >>>>> >>>>> The easier solution would be to call that customer and get them to >>>>> upgrade to the next plan up (which would provide higher speed as >>>>> well). >>>>> This works very well for us... and then I have that guaranteed >>>>> extra >>>>> income each month, even if they don't use it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! Join today!http://signup.wispa.org/ >>>>> >>>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe:http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/ >>>>> wireless >>>>> >>>>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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