I have requested three times to add additional users, which relates to
more cash flow to IEA, and still have not gotten a response. Dale does
answer almost 1/3 of the postings to this list, and has done a great
job. With his new child and yes he too has a life, I question his
ability to be the sole person to support this product. I guess as in
any business he is facing the 'chicken and egg' problem. Do I add staff
which costs money to grow further, or do I try and tackle it myself.
I have used Emerald/RadiusNT for over a year. It is a great and
tremendous product. I have reviewed the software that you mention, but
find Emerald is still ahead of the pack. For my money, I have chosen
Emerald.
Danny Sinang wrote:
>
> Well, NTPaymaster ( http://www.imagen.net ) is a $670 ( there is a special
> beta price ) billing software that could import Radius log files and
> generate invoices. They claim to have a web interface.
>
> Since I haven't been able to make Emerald work ( since nobody has answered
> my plea for help ), I don't know if the two are comparable.
>
> ISP Billing ( http://www.isp-billing.com ) is REALLY feature packed and
> free for 150 users or less. It can get its input from Radius, but it
> requires you to set up some perl script to email your bills.
>
> ISP Manager ( http://www.omegasoftware.com ) is a low priced ( $500 )
> billing software with great reporting capabilities and a nice interface.
> Its reports ( Crystal Reports based .rpt ) can be posted on the web thru
> the use of Crystal Report's web engine. The only drawback I see is that ISP
> Manager only interfaces with NT RAS. If you're into RAS, you'll find its
> integration really nice. You can create users with the billing software
> itself. I will ask them if they've a Radius version available.
>
> GreenSoft's software is nice, but it's steeply priced.
>
> Let me know which one you'll pick.
>
> - Danny Sinang
> ----------
> > From: BA <ba@interconnect.net>
> > To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> > Subject: WAS ISP Billing Programs Blooming
> > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 9:27 AM
> >
> > Ok we are fixing to take the plunge into a ISP billing package and we
> > currently have running a stripped version radiusNT meaning it just has
> > usernames and passwords in an access db
> >
> > We were thinking emerald for sure (the price is very high)...however,
> this
> > thread got me wondering.......what are the choices out there that
> integrate
> > into RadiusNT and what is everyone else using?
> >
> > How is the support and price for the different solution?
> >
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