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Re: Question about ISP billing procedures


From: Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:16:45 -0800

You have to zero it.

-Ben

On Feb 27, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Michael Gehrmann <mgehrmann () atlassian com> wrote:

From my provider days if you miss data you can't bill it or assume zero.

Mike


On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 15:06, Steve Meuse <smeuse () mara org> wrote:
I can say that missing samples weren’t back filled when we billed. Never had any complaints.

-Steve

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 10:31 PM Daniel Rohan <drohan () gmail com> wrote:
Can anyone shed light on how ISPs handle missing samples when calculating p95s for monthly billing cycles? Do they 
fill null samples with zeros or leave them as null? 

I’m working on a billing sanity tool and want to make sure to cover my corner cases well. 

Thanks!

Dan
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Thanks, Dan

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