BANDWIDTH MANAGER 2.1 - ADVANTAGES
Not long ago Internet use consisted mainly of viewing
comparatively simple web pages and using email. In those times
clients would require a limited, easy to predict amount of bandwidth.
But times are changing. Currently movies, music, large pieces of
software, and other large chunks of data flow to Internet users
across the world, burdening their ISPs with huge loads of traffic.
The heart of the problem is that nowadays the amount
of traffic generated by different clients could be very different,
even if they are signed up for the same type of service (i.e. dial
in, or DSL). If an ISP chooses to price its services based on an
average amount of traffic, generated by customers, this ISP will
allow its heavy traffic users to take advantage of its light traffic
users. Yet many traffic users may not be willing to tolerate that,
and leave.
Using Bandwidth Manager, an ISP no longer needs to
bunch all of its users together. Instead, it can create different
plans supporting different amounts of traffic and target those plans
toward different kinds of customers. Thus Bandwidth Manager will help
you serve your customers better, and provide them with the service
they want for the best suitable price.