System and method for billing users for communicating over a communications network

摘要

A system and method for billing a user of a communications network. The method may include accessing network usage information associated with a user, where the network usage information may include information indicative of the user communicating data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content over a packet network operated by a first communications carrier. At least a portion of a bill may be computed using the information indicative of communications of data packets including real-time content and non-real-time content. The user may be billed for network usage by including the portion of the bill computed using the information indicative of the user communicating data packets including real-time and non-real-time content over the packet network.