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  From: Justin Hawkins <justin@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:19:25 +1030 (CST)

Re: AOL? or best ISP

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 cessna@camtech.net.au wrote:

> I think that the general concept of allowing unused Mb
> to "rollover" to the next billing period is worth 
> considering. I also can't believe that most people need 
> more than 500Mb download limit per month on a *continual* 
> basis, but allowing unused Mb accrue up to a certain 
> limit would probably solve the problem.

May as well add my 2c worth.

One thing that puts me off bandwidth charging is that I know that a lot of
the data I download is *not* costing the ISP in question x cents per
megabyte, however that charge is passed on to me.

With a specific download in mind, I will look around for a suitable
mirror, 'suitable' being one that is connected to my ISP via some sort of
peering arrangement, where data costs nothing or next to nothing.

Now I more than appreciate there are some fairly large technical issues in
differentiating between 'expensive' and 'cheap' downloads. However I
personally would be happy to jump through a few hoops if it meant I wasn't
charged/was minimally charged for data which didn't cost my ISP much. 

For instance using a particular proxy server to access SAIX connected
archives. 

Anyway, I know there are a whole boatload of technical issues there, but
it's food for thought.

	- Justin

-- 
Justin Hawkins                                  justin@netcraft.com.au
Systems Engineer
NetCraft Australia Pty Ltd           http://www.netcraft.com.au/linux/





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