Network usage analysis system using revenue from customers in allocating reduced link capacity and method

A computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for maximizing revenue to a network service provider that provides access for subscribers to a network system, which includes a plurality of links, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a failed link in the network system, the failed link causing reduced transmission capacity over the failed link;
• identifying affected subscribers, wherein the affected subscribers are those subscribers of the network service provider that transmit over the failed link;
• collecting network subscriber usage data from the network for the affected network subscribers;
• calculating a total reduction in capacity due to the link failure;
• collecting pricing plan information from the network service provider;
• calculating a revenue generated by the network service provider for providing full service to each of the affected subscribers;
• calculating a reduction in revenue to the network service provider for providing less than full service to each of the affected subscribers;
• analyzing projected charges for the selected subscriber, using the subscriber profile, under the pricing plan information from the second first network service provider;
• and
• allocating the total reduction in capacity to the affected subscribers based on the calculated revenue and reduction in revenue for each of the affected subscribers so that total revenue to the network service provider is maximized.