In order to determine the 95th percentile bandwidth usage, readings are taking every 5 minutes from your Cisco Catalyst 2950 switch port to determine the 5 minute bandwidth average (taking the higher of the 2 readings of input and output, since we don't count both together, you can run simultaneous full speeds!). At the end of your billing cycle, the top 5% of the readings (the highest peaks in bandwidth usage) are discarded and the next highest point is your monthly bandwidth usage.
For Example: Here you see a busy server that utilized almost 100mbit bursts, and many 20 to 50 mbit sustained transfers over multiple days of both inbound and outbound traffic (remember we only take the highest of the inbound or outbound traffic every 5 minutes, instead of combining and totaling them like some providers do!). The 95th percentile usage however is only 6mbit, as show by the red line (everything above the red line is part of the 5% that the billing system ignores). As you can see, 95th percentile billing means you can use a lot of bandwidth without huge costs!
TurnKey Colocation offers a huge advantage in our 95th percentile billing plans, letting your business use up to double the bandwidth that other colocation providers will offer you. Bandwidth over your monthly allowance will be billed as per the TurnKey Service Options and Upgrades page.
