A method for pricing a productivity enhancing product or method, such as a feed additive, a fertilizer, or the like, that includes consideration of an expected or realized added benefit from the productivity enhancing product or method to an end user and the price that is expected to be received or has been received by the end user. A reel strip with a configurable surface is provided on the reel. A passage is eccentrically arranged through the jaw elements to accept the pin or bar. The method can render deterministic bandwidth use within the network wherein real-time multimedia applications may be accorded strict delay and bandwidth guarantees.