What does it mean - to get billed to the 95th percentile at $x.xx per meg?

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Published on 2012-08-31T20:56:43Z Indexed on 2012/08/31 21:39 UTC
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I got a quote from a colo, saying

"I could do 3U, the power and 20 megs burstable to 100 for $250 a month with each additional meg billed to the 95th percentile at 6.50 per meg..so you would have he ability to burst if you needed it but not pay for the full 24/7 amount of the IP."

I'm assuming it means - 20Mbits unmetered, anything above is billed on the 95th percentile at the rate of $6.50/Mbit. Am I right? And how do you measure the $x.xx per meg, at 95th percentile?

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