Re: Outbound traffic on a circuit?

[Justin Wilson <lists () mtin net>]

But I am buying 1 Gig on a 1 Gig circuit.  I could see if it were
burstable but it was being billed as 1Gig on a Gig circuit.

Justin


--
Justin Wilson <j2sw () mtin net>
http://www.mtin.net <http://www.mtin.net/blog>
Managed Services ­ xISP Solutions ­ Data Centers
http://www.thebrotherswisp.com
Podcast about xISP topics
http://www.midwest-ix.com
Peering ­ Transit ­ Internet Exchange


 



On 11/19/14, 8:40 PM, "joel jaeggli" <joelja () bogus com> wrote:

> On 11/19/14 12:40 PM, Justin Wilson wrote:
> > I am looking at an order for a well known upstream provider.  They are
> > handing me a circuit at a data center.  The contract reads if we use
> > more
> > than 50% of the outbound the price gets re-priced and almost doubles.
> > How
> > many folks have ran into this?
>
> if you're buying 500Mb/s commit 95th percentile on a 1Gb/s circuit or
> 5Gb/s on 10 then you can expect a contract to specify an upcharge
> accordingly if you bust your commit.
>
> I generally look for terms that provide a relavitily short notification
> window for uping my commit. e.g. 6 weeks or less.
>
> > Justin
> >
> > --
> > Justin Wilson <j2sw () mtin net>
> > http://www.mtin.net <http://www.mtin.net/blog>
> > Managed Services ­ xISP Solutions ­ Data Centers
> > http://www.thebrotherswisp.com
> > Podcast about xISP topics
> > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> > Peering ­ Transit ­ Internet Exchange