From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Dec 2 19: 6:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEEA914FF7 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:06:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 738651C57; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:07:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70508381B; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:07:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:07:44 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: aLan Tait Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Chat Only??? In-Reply-To: <384715C9.69A5233E@fil.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, aLan Tait wrote: > We charge P40 (US$1.00) per hour for the only serious > Internet connections in this province - something you can > actually surf on during peak times at about 6-10Kbps. The > other five ISP give garbage connections (peak time 500 bps > or lower) for P30 (US$0.75) an hour. We are losing money, > they are making a profit. The reason is CHAT. > > CHAT doesn't take a lot of bandwidth, people here really > type to each other! (How many files can you transfer at 200 > bps?) I plan to limit our "Chat Only" service, say 2,000 > bps, via a dummynet pipe based on their IP address (which > would also limit throughput to anyone bright enough to use > the "cheap connection" for SOCKS). I don't claim to know much about the US ISP market, let alone any other country's ISP market. However I do know that you should be very straightforward with this arrangement. People don't like things getting watered down without being told. More power to you, -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message