From owner-freebsd-isdn Thu Dec 31 10:38:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01769 for freebsd-isdn-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 10:38:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scottb.demon.co.uk (scottb.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01758 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 10:38:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barry@scottb.demon.co.uk) Received: from barrynt (barrynt.private [172.16.1.6]) by scottb.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA00776; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:37:10 GMT (envelope-from barry@scottb.demon.co.uk) From: "Barry Scott" To: "David Wetzel" , "Martin Husemann" Cc: Subject: RE: Rates calculations and the U.K. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:33:18 -0000 Message-ID: <000701be34ec$096fa330$060110ac@barrynt.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2232.26 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 In-Reply-To: <199812311742.SAA01662@cat.turbocat.de> Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The amount of data involved is small. As Martin says design of the data structures and algorithms around them is the tricky (fun) part. The problem, as I see it, is to change isdnd so that it knows the most cost effective point to drop an idle call. That means changing how isdnd views billing data to deal with unit based and time based billing. I would use an external program to turn the accounting data written by isdnd into an estimated bill. That program would be TELCO specific. BArry > > From: Martin Husemann > > > I would not slow down it that much (remember those tiny ISDN routers > > with 4MB RAM where a process startup takes several seconds and "system" > > even means two process startups in general?) - just make it table driven > > and as general as necessary. Selection of the proper table is a subtle > > subject then, but solvable. > > Sure? > > How about Call-By-Call and new prices for day X and Y? I like > small packages > better than one huge and not overviewable one. > > --- > _ _ > _(_)(_)_ David Wetzel, Turbocat's Development, > (_) __ (_) Buchhorster Strasse, D-16567 Muehlenbeck/Berlin, FRG, > _/ \_ Fax +49 33056 82835 NeXTmail dave@turbocat.de > (______) http://www.turbocat.de/ > DEVELOPMENT * CONSULTING * ADMINISTRATION > WATCH OUT FOR TURBOFAX for OPENSTEP! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message