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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!skule.ecf!drill.me!william1
- From: william1@me.utoronto.ca (Robert Williams)
- Subject: Help with development of a gateways fee scheme
- Message-ID: <Bs81wL.3KM@me.utoronto.ca>
- Summary: I need to know how to charge for the use of network gateways.
- Keywords: gateways, networks, EDI, LAN, fee for use
- Sender: news@me.utoronto.ca (News Reader)
- Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:48:21 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- > I tried posting this earlier, but it appears that it did not make it
- > to all the relevant groups. So, I am re-posting.
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- Sincerest apologies if this posting appears in inappropriate news groups.
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- A friend of mine has been asked to develop a fee structure for accessors of
- a companies information resources. She writes as follows,
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- I need help on the following: I need to know how certain organizations charge
- for use of their network gateways (gateways join two systems/networks
- together, usually at the midrange or mainframe level e.g. at the Front-end
- Processor). For instance, do they charge by the number of sessions a client
- signs up for, by the number of sessions the client actually used, do they have
- a one-time membership fee with a smaller monthly maintenance fee which allows
- users a large but undefined number of sessions, do they not charge at all and
- if so then what is their justification? All these questions ask: HOW is the
- gateway charged. But I also need to know, if possible, WHAT the charge is
- based on: what cost items do they include in maintenance of the gateway
- and what percentage of these cost items is used. Cost items include: human
- resources, CPU time, memory, software development, and other overhead items.
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- Any ideas from anyone who is familiar with this area would be appreciated.
- Any information on books or papers covering this topic, or firms doing similar work, would also be appreciated.
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- Please send all responses to the Email address below. If there is enough
- interest, I will post a summary on the net.
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- Thanks in advance.
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- Robert Williams
- U of T, CIMLab
- Toronto, Canada
- Email : william1@drill.me.utoronto.ca
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