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RE: 95th Percentile again!
From: "David Schwartz" <davids () webmaster com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:23:50 -0700
Any customers who are being billed by an ISP using MRTG should quickly install their own more accurate and properly designed accounting system and monitor their end of the pipe to make sure that any errors in MRTGs measurements remain in their favour.
Pretty much every billing scheme is based upon statistical sampling in some form. It's not exactly fair to ignore sampling errors in your favor and then cry foul should the odds go against you. On the other hand, providers that use statistical sampling should disclose that to their customers so that they understand that they're being billed using systems that aren't necessarily 100% reproducible. DS
Current thread:
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?), (continued)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Alex Rubenstein (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Jim Mercer (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Alex Rubenstein (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Jim Mercer (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Richard A. Steenbergen (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Joe Abley (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Richard A. Steenbergen (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again! Greg A. Woods (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again! Richard A. Steenbergen (Jun 02)
- Re: 95th Percentile again! Greg A. Woods (Jun 02)
- RE: 95th Percentile again! David Schwartz (Jun 02)
- RE: 95th Percentile again! Greg A. Woods (Jun 02)
- RE: 95th Percentile again! David Schwartz (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again! Arnold Nipper (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again! Arnold Nipper (Jun 03)
- RE: 95th Percentile again! Greg A. Woods (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile again (was RE: C&W Peering Problem?) Alex Rubenstein (Jun 02)
- 95th Percentile = Lame James Thomason (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile = Lame Mikael Abrahamsson (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile != Lame Greg A. Woods (Jun 03)
- Re: 95th Percentile != Lame James Thomason (Jun 03)