10. Why do we need it
• Session time doesn’t work in an always on
world
11. Why do we need it
• Session time doesn’t work in an always on
world
• Users don’t understand data volume
12. Why do we need it
• Session time doesn’t work in an always on
world
• Users don’t understand data volume
• Flat rate is needed to encourage take up
13. Why do we need it
• Session time doesn’t work in an always on
world
• Users don’t understand data volume
• Flat rate is needed to encourage take up
• 24x7 maxed out connections would kill the
networks!
14. Definition of Fair?
Oxford Dictionary
• Just or appropriate in the circumstances.
• Treating people equally
16. Appropriate In The
Circumstances:
• Therefore 20Gb for your home broadband
is not the same as 20Gb on your mobile.
17. Appropriate In The
Circumstances:
• Therefore 20Gb for your home broadband
is not the same as 20Gb on your mobile.
• All you can eat: Lunch vs. Dinner
21. Treating People Equally:
• Fair to the network operator (who`s a
business)
• Fair to the customer
• Fair to other users of the network.
22. Treating People Equally:
• Fair to the network operator (who`s a
business)
• Fair to the customer
• Fair to other users of the network.
• If you take all the food people behind you
won`t be happy, if everybody did it the
restarant would close.
29. Proposal
• A Fair use policy should never had a
defined limit, instead it should be a multiple
of the average use.
30. Proposal
• A Fair use policy should never had a
defined limit, instead it should be a multiple
of the average use.
• Eg if most users consume 200mb and you
use 50Gb thats unfair!
31. Proposal
• A Fair use policy should never had a
defined limit, instead it should be a multiple
of the average use.
• Eg if most users consume 200mb and you
use 50Gb thats unfair!
• But if most users consume 30Gb and you
consume 50Gb thats fair :-)
32. Proposal
• A Fair use policy should never had a
defined limit, instead it should be a multiple
of the average use.
• Eg if most users consume 200mb and you
use 50Gb thats unfair!
• But if most users consume 30Gb and you
consume 50Gb thats fair :-)
33.
34. • However there is wide variation in users,
but everyone wants flat charging.
35. • However there is wide variation in users,
but everyone wants flat charging.
• Therefore Tiers of Service:
36. • However there is wide variation in users,
but everyone wants flat charging.
• Therefore Tiers of Service:
• Small, Medium, Large users, all unlimited but
£10, £20, £30 per month.
37. • However there is wide variation in users,
but everyone wants flat charging.
• Therefore Tiers of Service:
• Small, Medium, Large users, all unlimited but
£10, £20, £30 per month.
• You are only compared to others on the
same tier.
38. To Do:
• The actual figures would need to be
worked out for each service
• Users need to be educated
• .......?