Are there any hosts here who are buying bandwidth by the 95th percentile method ? And mind to share your experiences and some info on prices, how reliable is 95th percentile compared to average or actual data transfer ?

You almost always pay more (2x - 3x) as much going with 95%

Originally posted by cbaker17
You almost always pay more (2x - 3x) as much going with 95%
Aloha

question for you since I am a designer/ hosting client kind of guy and you always seem to have a good knowledge of this kind of stuff ?
a buddy of mine who has a ISP and is a tier2 provider has his onw NOC and also rents out of westin bldg we always talk about stuff and I am trying to get more educated with this stuff so here goes. ;)

he was telling me that sites that do a lot of traffic that 95% is sometimes better than straight depending on what you are serving out. if you hit large files once in a while but not all the time the top is knocked off so you tend not to pay for those ?
Adult sites is one example he said that can do well with 95%
he was also saying that if youre site is busy it will keep a pretty steady stream of data (of course dipping toward night)
he has told me that some of his clients aactually end up paying a bit less some a bit more ?
I know he offers 3 ways of paying
95%
straight at switch
dedicated pipe

this way the best way for what you are running can be provided ??

any thoughts ???

Can anyone share the info on pricing per Mbps for 95th percentile and average?