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Bandwidth billing
ScammerProut
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Why is cogent giving me 90th percentile on a 1g burst to 10g but Level 3 is giving me 90th percentile 1g burst to 10g which one is better I thought 95th percentile was the only one the best one??
90th means they will cut the top 10% of usage off right?
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Why you dont ask them?
Lets say you're at 1gbit/s for 90% of the month, 2gbit for 5% and 4gbit for the last 5%. At 95% billing, this would bill you for 2gbit. At 90%, it bills you for 1gbit.
90% billing is cheaper than 95% billing, all other things being equal.
Considering that 90% of Cogent is equal to about 5% of almost any other transit, I'd say the 95% billing might be the way to go here.