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Just because you're billing is based on 95th percentile doesn't mean you're getting ripped off, its just a different billing model.
There are a few different ways to figure out your bandwidth billing.
By the gig, you pay a straight up price per gig of raw transfer.
Capped line, you buy say a 10mbps from your host and pay a flat rate for it. Since the line is capped you can't use more than that.
95th percentile, which is what Sweet T tried to explain above. You look at the graph, drop off the top 5% from the graph, and that's the number you pay for. Usually a predetermined $$ per MBPS.
Those of you saying "pay on average". Well the "average" according to this graph is about 3.4mpbs while the 95th percentile is about 5.2mbps.
BUT, if he was paying for bandwidth based on that average number as opposed to the 95th percentile, his price per meg would be much higher, so paying "on average" isn't necessarily cheaper.
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