Example 1. A customer purchases a service plan with the following parameters:
| Service plan parameters | Values |
|---|---|
|
Setup Fee |
$10 |
|
Subscription Fee |
$5 |
|
Subscription Period |
1 year |
|
Billing period |
1 month |
|
Resource (traffic) Setup Fee |
$0 |
|
Resource (traffic) Recurring Fee |
$2 |
|
Resource (traffic) Overuse Fee |
$0.1/Gb |
Depending on the billing model (the Billing Model field in the Provider Control Panel), the customer is charged in one of the following ways:
|
Billing Model |
Calculations |
|---|---|
|
Charge Before Subscription Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
On the first billing date, there is no resource overuse. The billing order sum is null. During the second billing period, the customer overuses traffic by 20Gb:
From the beginning of the third billing period to the end of the subscription period, there is no resource overuse. Billing order sums are null. |
|
Charge Before Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs. Before each billing period, the customer pays the subscription recurring fee (eleven times):
|
|
Charge After Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs. After each billing period, the customer pays the subscription recurring fee (twelve times):
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Example 2. A customer purchases the same service plan as in example 1. Additionally, the customer purchases 100Gb of traffic. The resource setup fee and resource recurring fees are charged for the whole resource amount.
Depending on the Billing Model field, the customer is charged in one of the following ways:
|
Billing Model |
Calculations |
|---|---|
|
Charge Before Subscription Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs. The billing order sum is null (twelve times). |
|
Charge Before Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
1st, 2nd, 3rd Billing Orders =$5+$2=$7. During the fourth billing period, the customer overuses traffic by 20Gb:
The remaining seven billing orders have the same total as the first three billing periods. |
|
Charge After Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs. After each billing period, the customer pays the subscription and resource recurring fees (twelve times):
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Example 3. A customer purchases the same service plan as in example 1. The customer additionally purchases 100Gb of traffic 10 days before the third billing date. The resource setup fee and resource recurring fees are charged per resource unit.
Depending on the Billing Model field, the customer is charged in one of the following ways:
|
Billing Model |
Calculations |
|---|---|
|
Charge Before Subscription Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs. The billing order total is null. Before the third billing period ends, the customer is invoiced the upgrade order total:
|
|
Charge Before Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the first two billing periods, no resource overuse occurs:
Before the third billing period ends, the customer is invoiced for the upgrade order:
From the the beginning of the third billing period to the end of the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs . The customer pays only the subscription and resource recurring fees (nine times):
|
|
Charge After Billing Period |
When the customer purchases a service plan, the customer is invoiced for the sales order:
During the first billing period, no resource overuse occurs:
During the second billing period, the customer overuses the traffic by 20Gb:
Before the third billing period ends, the customer is invoiced for the upgrade order:
From the beginning of the third billing period to the end of the subscription period, no resource overuse occurs . The customer pays the subscription fee and resource recurring fees for the use period (10 days from 30 days):
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