Billing Interval Example
Suppose a user is charged a flat fee of $.08 each time a connection is established, plus $.01 per minute of
Since the flat fee of $.08 is quite high relative to the per minute charge of $.01, the user should be careful not disconnect and reconnect too often. A good solution would be to set the initial billing interval to 480 (8 minutes), and the billing interval to 60 (1 minute).
With these settings, the minimum time the second
How the interval settings effect costs can best be seen with a usage scenario. Take a sample time period of 10 minutes in which the second
Initial Billing Interval = 240 (4 minutes)
In this case the second
Connection cost | $.08 x 2 connections | = $.16 |
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Call # 1 | $.01 x 4 minutes | = $.04 |
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Call # 2 | $.01 x 4 minute | = $.04 |
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Total |
| = $.24 |
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Initial Billing Interval = 480 (8 minutes)
The second
Connection cost | $.08 x 1 connections | = $.08 |
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Call | $.01 x 10 minutes | = $.10 |
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Total |
| = $.18 |
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Note that there is no ‘one’ solution for setting the parameters, the key is to find a balance between the variables.
