95th Percentile Billing is a method of charging for bandwidth in which usage is sampled at regular intervals over the month, the top five percent of samples are discarded, and the resulting value sets the bill. It lets customers burst briefly without penalty while paying for sustained load, and is the standard way IP transit and some cross-connect capacity is priced.
Category: Network & Connectivity · Subcategory: Internet & Interconnection · Part of the AIDC Technical Terminology reference.