<div dir="ltr">What you're asking is somewhat in the territory of trade secrets, but there are some fairly easy static things you can use, such as what james says. More details of how and what this impacts in your business and what exactly you mean by contention ratio would be useful.<div>
<br></div><div>Just so you know, scale plays a role in this, but it very much depends on the ratio as to how much scale actually matters.</div><div><br></div><div>If you want to take it to skype or something like that I've got 5+ years of data from all sorts of businesses at all sorts of scales that might help you narrow down those numbers.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Samantha Scafe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samantha@smellyblackdog.com.au" target="_blank">samantha@smellyblackdog.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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We are being moved from a layer 3 to a layer 2 scenerio by our wholesaler.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to find a formula where I can work out pricing for the “gb” values for a plan<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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