ARIN Justified...

[Stephen Elliott]

Pulling IP utilization is a protocol layer function, going in and
pulling out the url is a application layer function.  Most billing
applications would have to be completely rewritten and replaced.  In
addition the processing power required and the latency would increase
dramatically if this were required.  I do not suggest that these
obstacles are insurmountable, just that they exist and should not be
overlooked.
-Stephen

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > Stephen is right. For us the biggest issue is billing. We collect billing
> > data using NetFlow and export the data to our accounting and billing
> > software based on IP address.
> >
> > It would take a lot of work/money to migrate from this system.
> >
> > Mark Strother
> > President, Pacific Online
> > Phone: (604) 638-6010
> > Fax: (604) 638-6020
> > Toll Free: 1-877-503-9870
> 
>         So... you are depending on a vendor supplied system?
>         When (not if) NetFlow changes and/or you migrate to
>         a vendor that does not support NetFlow, you expect
>         your systems to continue to work?
> 
> --bill

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Stephen Elliott                 Harrison & Troxell
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