[Ubuntu-ZW] Econet and headaches

[O. Sinclair]

Much more simple, just 2-3 computers in a LAN with a printer, one or 2 
of them with "3G"-modems

/sinclair

On 04/11/2010 11:01, Simpson Moyo wrote:
> Is it like a hotspot setup?
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Friends,
>
>     we support 2 small sites where they among other things offer internet
>     access (read sell it). They were using the "old" Econet 25/USD per month
>     package and could then charge for time, printouts etc. How it worked is
>     another story.
>
>     These computers use KDE Kubuntu 10.04 btw, am considering upgrading
>     to 10.10
>
>     The new "bundles" is a major headache... how do they now charge? If one
>     user sits on Facebook/Youtube for x minutes and chew up bandwidth how do
>     you measure/charge for that? Another simply reads email, checks out
>     newssites and does research, can sit for much longer but use much less
>     bandwidth...
>
>     Anyone else in this fix, anyone knows a tool that measures "used
>     bandwidth" and could possibly cut at a reached amount?
>
>     Best
>     Sinclair
>
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