How many ResNet subscribers are likely to have usage bills for exceeding 10 Gigabytes per month?
Based on network usage statistics gathered from August 2003 through October 2005, during which the billing threshold was 2 Gigabytes, approximately 23% of ResNet users, on average, utilized more than 2 Gigabytes of off-campus network traffic per month, with variation from month to month. This means that more than three-quarters of ResNet subscribers will normally have no usage-based charges in an average month. With the increase in the billing threshold from 2 Gigabytes to 5 Gigabytes as of July 1, 2006, it is expected, barring any other factors, that even fewer subscribers will incur usage charges. Of the approximately 23% of subscribers who have previously accumulated usage charges each month, more than three-quarters (average: about 85%) of this group typically had monthly usage costs of $20 or less. More than 95% of all ResNet subscribers had monthly costs about the same or less than the 2002-2003 flat-rate monthly installment cost of ResNet ($44.45). The remaining ResNet subscribe
