Justin,

What that means is that as you burst and use varying amounts of bandwidth on
that T1, UUNet will take what they call a "sample" of your in and out bound
traffic about every 5 minutes and record the usage amount. At the end of the
month they will knock out the top 5% of the usage recorded and bill you
based upon the remaining 95%. What this does is keep you from getting billed
for those occasional peaks that don't last very long but use more bandwidth.
Burstable bandwidth is a good solution if you're not sure what your
sustained usage will be or if your usage is very sporadic. The down side of
a burstable T1 is that it will cost you more per MB. Feel free to call me
with any more questions.

Thanks,

Damien Salazar
Senior Account Executive
ViaWest Internet Services
(602)840-8248   Voice
(602)840-5250   Fax
dsalazar@viawest.net
www.viawest.net

"Big enough to meet your needs, small enough to care".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Wilson" <justin@labxpress.com>
To: <azipa@egroups.com>; <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: [azipa] Burstable T-1 from UUnet (NO SOLICITATIONS PLEASE)


> This is a purely information only seeking question, sales people please do
> not contact me unless you are answering the question.
>
> UUnet/Worldcom is offering me a "Burstable T-1" where I only pay for "the
> amount of bandwidth that I use on a sustained basis (at the 95th
> percentile)". What I want to know is what exactly does that mean? Also
what
> do they mean "at the 95th percentile".
>
> Has anyone used this service before? Would this be benifical to us if we
> have a database driven site that averages around 5,000 hits a day?
>
> -Justin
> justin@bigcity.nu
>
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