This isn't totally accurate as it's a monthly report and some users have been converted mid-month, but the average download I'm seeing is 5.7Gb. Our heaviest user did 105GB, and one recent conversion is on track to hit 200GB if the last weeks trend continues! About two thirds exceeded 10GB.
I think most of those > 10GB are running netflix. -Paul On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > Our average customer does about 4 gigs per month. That's average, including > servers and high end business customers. Someday I'll count the businesses > different from the residential :-). > > We give 10 gigs per month and charge $5 per gig for overages. > > We've lost a few customers due to this, but nearly all of them want to run > file sharing servers and/or run netflix. In short, the ones we're loosing > cost more than they are paying us. > > The good news is that the other 95% of the customer base get GREAT service > at a reasonable price and are very happy. > > We also catch a LOT of infected machines or open wifi routers this way. > Most customers appreciate that we're watching out for them. > > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Gerstenberger" <pa...@hrec.coop> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:06 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Overage thresholds and penalties > > >> We have about 15% of our existing subscribers running PPPoE through >> Mikrotik now, using the User Manager package. I'm astounded by the usage >> I'm seeing from some accounts. We do cite "acceptable use" in our terms of >> service, but we've rarely enforced it. I'm curious what approach other >> WISPs take: how you determine your own acceptable use thresholds and what >> penalties or deterrents are used. >> >> -Paul >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/
