: We're an ISP considering charging a higher rate for 56K service as opposed
: to 33.6K. We can modify RADIUS to check whether a user is authorized for
: 56K when the Connect-Info string indicates a carrier higher than 33600.
: The problem is, what do we do if they aren't authorized for 56K? Return an
: authorization failure? If so, the user will need to include an AT+MS...
: command in their modem init string to only allow it to negotiate 33.6K. If
: they dial other services with the same modem, they'll have to change the
: init string each time depending on whether they want to connect at 56K or
: not.
: How are other ISP dealing with this? Is there a way to force the Lucent
: modems to re-negotiate a slower speed after the connection is already
: established?
I can't speak for any other ISPs, but at mich.com we decided against charging
extra for 56K. For us the extra bandwidth consumed by the 56K customers (who
will probably get no more than 46K on average) doesn't justify the extra
expense of having to bill separately for the higher connect rate. In fact,
we even charge the same rate for 64K ISDN now, which 128K ISDN being double
the standard rate. The line costs and equipment costs are the same no matter
how they connect, and the bandwidth doesn't amount to that much money when
we calculated out how much we're paying for it from our NSP.
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