>
>
>> > My understanding (and this is from personal experience only)
>> > was that where the DSL Router was turned off, the next hop
>> > upstream would say a 'sorry destination is not here' type
>> > thing - and as a result the traffic isnt going down your
>> > line, and you cant be charged. IP is tied to Username, which
>> > is NOT tied to line - so how do they know to send the traffic down
>> > to router X when someone on a different DSL line is
>> > going to use the same username (thus same IP) from a
>> > different site in 10 minutes time? My personal answer to this would
>> > be no, because it doesnt sound logical.
>>
>> Depend's solely on what level they retreive the traffic logs from and
>> how intensively they filter the traffic.
>>
>> With dynamic IP's as you guy's are pointing out previously, of
>> course there is no way of linking IP -> USER unless you are actively
>> logged in, .: when you log out you will not be charged.
>>
>> Remember, this INITAL question is based on a static IP USER ,
>> and they may have a static rule that point's their traffic to that IP
>> to that specific USER all the time.
>
> My understanding was that the traffic is not charged to the IP but to
> the physical line and that line happens to have a static IP. There is
> only a subtle difference but it means that it does not matter who the
> Internet user is, or if they have ever connected to the internet using
> that ADSL line or not. It only matters what IP is assigned to that
> physical line and who rents that physical line.
>
> In theory I think that it is possible to get gigs of data on a line
> before any one connects to it. If the IP gets a DoS attack just after
> the line is installed then the line renter would pay for that data.

I say again. Static IP's are assigned to a USERNAME via a Radius Profile.
Theyre not assigned to a line. Therefore your understanding appears to be
incorrect.
This is illustrated by the fact that your ISP assign you an IP, not
Telecom. (In the case of FastIP Direct, ISPs still specify the IP
concerned and who gets it, even though the IP itself is managed by Global
Gateway. I know, I have done this myself in past employement.)
Bandwidth is billed to the line on full rate connections, yes. This is
independent of the IP you have - theres no difference in the way this is
handled on full rate dynamic connections and full rate static connections
- with a static, the only difference is that the IP assigned to you on
login is the same each time.
Mark.

(Opinions are mine and do not represent my employers, as usual.)

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