Broadband Internet Price Plans¶
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Make sure that the price plan contains prices for all traffic services which can be provided to a customer, even if they are free. If a customer generates traffic that can be regarded as a service according to traffic classes settings, but it is not included into the price specification, then this traffic cannot be rated, and becomes unaccounted.
Price Plan 1. With Unlimited Traffic¶
The subscription fee for the Mercury price plan is $15 (row 1), which includes Internet access with bandwidth limitation (both inbound and outbound) at 5 Mbit/s (rows 1.2 and 1.3). Bandwidth limitation for local Internet traffic is 100 Mbit/s (rows 1.4 and 1.5).
It is important to note that the bandwidth settings, entered in Speed value and Speed unit, do not in themselves affect the real bandwidth that a customer has. To have these settings applied, they need to be transferred to the access server, which regulates the customer's access (typically, a BRAS or a firewall) with the help of substitutes. Such substitutes are used in events, commands for network equipment management, and in profile attributes, checked during RADIUS authorization.
We recommend Speed value to be always set for Internet traffic services, even if limitation is planned only because of technical characteristics of a channel, due to the fact that these values are transferred to the access server. Some equipment may incorrectly process packets with empty values of attributes, which can lead to denials of service.
Price Plan 2. With Unlimited Traffic and Bandwidth Limitation¶
The monthly subscription fee for the Mars price plan is $18 (row 2). The first 2048 MB of inbound Internet traffic are available at 10 Mbit/s (row 2.2), then the speed drops to 3 Mbit/s (row 2.3). The outbound Internet traffic speed is 3 Mbit/s regardless of volume (row 2.4). Bandwidth limitation for local Internet traffic is 10 Mbit/s (lines 2.5 and 2.6).
As in the previous example, speed values need to be transferred to the access server, which is responsible for the access to the network.
Price Plan 3. With Prepaid Traffic Package¶
The Venus price plan with the subscription fee of $12 (row 3) includes 5120 MB of prepaid inbound traffic (row 3.2), whereas each megabyte above this quota costs 1¢ (row 3.3). The row 3.4 makes the outbound Internet traffic free, and the rows 3.5 and 3.6 make all local traffic free too.
Price Plan 4. With Multiple Traffic Quotas¶
With the Earth price plan, the subscription fee is $15 (row 4), which includes 1024 MB of prepaid Internet inbound traffic (row 4.2).
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The next 2048 MB cost 1¢ per each megabyte (row 4.3).
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The price for the next 2048 MB is 2¢ per megabyte (row 4.4).
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The next 2048 MB cost 4¢ per megabyte (row 4.5).
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The price for the next 3072 MB is 6¢ per megabyte (row 4.6).
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Any traffic above 10 GB (10240 MB summed in the Qty. up to column) costs 8¢ per megabyte (row 4.7).
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Row 4.8 makes all outbound Internet traffic free, local traffic is also free.
Price Plan 5. With Time intervals¶
The subscription fee for the Neptune price plan is $20 (row 5). The plan includes 15 GB of prepaid inbound Internet traffic (row 5.2). After this quota is exceeded, the price per one megabyte of inbound Internet traffic in the daytime is 3¢ (row 5.3), at night — 2¢ (row 5.4). Outbound Internet traffic (row 5.5), as well as inbound and outbound local traffic (rows 5.6 and 5.7) are free.
The time intervals used here — Standard and Night — should be defined in the time intervals specification in force, and any specific time should fall within either of the intervals. In the given example, the Standard interval is an interval by default, whereas the Night one is specified for the 12.00 a.m. till 8.00 a.m. interval.