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Re: 95th Percentile != Lame
From: David Klindt <dklindt () cobra ordata com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
I still fail to see how "peak bits" or "bursted bits" are more expensive than "regular bits". A 100Mbit FE port costs whatever it costs, and does not fluctuate with usage. This is true of almost all of your links within the network - excluding those where you have negotiated usage-based billing. An OC3, point to point, costs as much as it costs irrelevant of its usage. Therefore, every bit that crosses this circuit has a cost. Why not simply pass this cost on to the customer bit for bit?
It is NOT that the each bit has the same cost - it is the cost of maintaining enough EXTRA bandwidth so that the downstreams do not bounce up against the ceiling. That amount is basically covered by using the 95 rule.
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- Re: 95th Percentile != Lame James Thomason (Jun 03)
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- RE: 95th Percentile = Lame James Thomason (Jun 03)
- RE: 95th Percentile = Lame Greg A. Woods (Jun 03)
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- Re: OT: electrical [was: 95th Percentile = Lame] scott w (Jun 04)
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