Re: ISP billing - data collection, correlation, and billing

[Lee Howard <lee () asgard org>]

On 7/14/17, 2:47 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Luke Guillory"
<nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of lguillory () reservetele com> wrote:

> On the HFC / CMTS side of things we have IPDR which I believe has some
> open source collectors out there. I'm not sure that IPDR is used much
> outside of the HFC world though.

IPDR was my first thought as an alternative to SNMP. Is its accuracy
comparable? It’s been included into TR-069, so it’s theoretically
available to telcos, too. And usage-based billing is part of it’s purpose.


Not sure I’d want to use NetFlow/IPFIX, since by nature it tracks flows,
not bits, and I don’t want to record flows. But I’d be interested in
hearing others’ experience.


Lee