said by dillyhammer:said by resa1983:Tsi's avg cost for ip correlation is just under $90 per which isn't completely out to lunch.
$180,000 for correlation of 2000 ip addresses is
totally out to lunch.
Mike
I agree. It should be more. They are likely out of pocket.
But, I don't think this is what you are stating here.
We went over costs in various posts in this forum, and the Canadian broadband forum, that you are well aware of since you partook in those conversations about the costs (you toked the costs
).
Also, you are well aware that the work involved wasn't just simply pulling the names of 2000 people associated with 2000 IP's.
There were errors, re-correlation like 5 times, more errors, untrackable IP's where the retention time expired, charges for 3rd party sending and tracking of Email notices having been read/received. Corrections to people who got notices in error. The website to inform people what is going on. Consultation fee's in all this to make sure they are following the law and not just blindly following what an American corporation is telling them to do and give. Then there is the time of all people involved, techs, phone lines, phone calls, owners time, overhead, resources, legal, court time, travel time, ancillary charges, and more.
Also, keep in mind this is a mom&pop shop. Not a multi-billion dollar corporation who didn't give a damn if they gave wrong subscriber info out. Nor are they setup as a business to just be able to randomly pull up 2000 IP's when ever someone comes knocking. They went over the data about 5 times to try and not make any errors (though.. maybe, just maybe, there still could be some errors since they claimed they already made errors).
All of which you have magically determined in free.
Bell and Rogers charge 3x the 90$ per IP that TSI is charging, even when the 3 IP's are for a single customer.
What do you think Bell or Rogers bill would be like for 2,000 IP's?
Why not call up their legal department and ask them what the cost would be?