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Plan & Account Settings:

Traffic consumption:

System Behavior:

Free = 10GB;
Recurrent = $2;
Usage = $4;
Traffic limit = Free

By the end of the traffic month user runs up 9GB.

- Traffic month closes.
- Traffic usage is calculated, but as user stays within traffic limit, he doesn't pay anything.
- A new traffic month opens and traffic is reset to 0.

Plan & Account Settings:

Traffic consumption:

System Behavior:

Free = 10GB;
Recurrent = $2;
Usage = $4;
Traffic limit = Free

By the end of the traffic month user runs up 15GB.

- Traffic month closes.
- Traffic usage is calculated and user is accrued usage fee for 5GB overlimit (= 15GB run up - 10GB of traffic limit).
- Usage fee accrued makes $20 (= 5GB overlimit x $4 usage price).
- A new traffic month opens and traffic is reset to 0.

Plan & Account Settings:

Traffic Consumption:

System Behavior:

1 month billing period starts Jan 1;
Free = 10GB;
Recurrent = $2;
Usage = $4;
Traffic limit = 10GB

By January 15, the user runs up 9GB and increases traffic limit to 12GB.
By January 30, the user runs up 13GB.

- Traffic month doesn't close on January 15.
- User is accrued absolute recurrent fee for 2GB over free (=12GB of new traffic limit - 10GB free).
- Recurrent fee accrued makes $4 (= 2GB over free x $2 recurrent price).
- On January 31 traffic month closes.
- Traffic usage is calculated, and user is accrued usage fee for 1GB (= 13GB run up - 12GB traffic limit).
- Usage fee accrued makes $4 (= 1GB x $4 usage price).
- A new traffic month opens, traffic is reset to 0 and user is accrued recurrent fee for 2GB over free (= 12GB of traffic limit - 10GB free).
- Recurrent fee accrued makes $4 (= 2GB over free x $2 recurrent price).

Plan & Account Settings:

Traffic Consumption:

System Behavior:

1 month billing period starts Jan 1;
Free = 10GB;
Recurrent = $2;
Usage = $4;
Traffic limit = 12GB

By January 15, the user runs up 4GB and decreases his traffic limit to 10GB.
By January 30 the user runs up 9GB.

- On January 1 user is accrued absolute recurrent fee for 2GB over free (= 12GB of traffic limit - 10GB free).
- Recurrent fee accrued makes $4 (= 2GB over free x $2 recurrent price).
- Traffic month doesn't close on January 15 and 4GB of traffic already run up aren't reset. User is refunded absolute recurrent fee for 2GB of downgraded traffic limit.
- Refund of recurrent fee makes $4 (= 2GB over free x $2 recurrent price).
- On January 30 traffic month closes.
- Traffic usage is calculated, but as the user stays within his traffic limit, he pays nothing.
- A new traffic month opens, traffic is reset to 0.

Plan & Account Settings:

Traffic Limit and Traffic Consumption:

System Behavior:

• Source plan:
  Free = 10GB;
  Recurrent = $2;
  Usage = $4;
  Traffic limit = 10GB;
  Traffic month starts January 1.
  
  Target plan:
  Free = 50GB

By the time the user switches to a new plan, he runs up 14GB.

- Changing plans doesn't close traffic month.
- Traffic charge calculations don't take place.
- Traffic already run up isn't reset.
- Traffic run up for the rest of the traffic month under a new plan is added to 14GB run up under the former plan.
- Traffic limit is upgraded to new plan's free 50GB.
- If by the end of the traffic month user exceeds 50GB traffic limit, he is charged at the new usage price.
- On January 31 a new traffic month opens and traffic is reset to 0.

Traffic Configuration for 1 and 2 Month Billing Periods:

Traffic Limit and Traffic Consumption:

System Behavior:

Traffic limit = 6GB

1 month billing period
Free = 5GB
Recurrent = $2

2 month billing period
* set explicitly:
Free = 12GB

By the time a user on 1 month billing period switches to a 2 month billing period, he runs up 10GB.

- At the beginning of the traffic month user is accrued recurrent fee for 1GB over free.
- Recurrent fee accrual makes $2 (= 1GB over free x $2 recurrent price).
- At the billing period change, traffic month isn't closed.
- Traffic already run up isn't reset.
- Traffic run up for the rest of the traffic month is added to 10GB run up before changing to a 2 month billing period.
- Traffic limit is updated to 12GB free.
- User is refunded absolute recurrent fee prepaid at the beginning of the traffic month.
- Refund accrual makes $2 (= 1GB over free x $2 recurrent price).
- If by the end of traffic month user exceeds 12GB traffic limit, he is charged at a new usage price.

Traffic Configuration for 1 and 2 Month Billing Periods:

Traffic Limit and Traffic Consumption:

System Behavior:

1 month billing period
Free: 5GB
Recurrent: $2

2 month billing period
* set explicitly:
Free = 12GB
Recurrent = $3

By the time user on 2 month billing period with 14GB traffic limit switches to a 1 month billing period he runs up 15GB.

- At the beginning of the traffic month user is accrued recurrent fee for 2GB over free (= 14GB of traffic limit - 12GB free).
- Recurrent fee accrual makes $6 (= 2GB over free x $3 recurrent price).
- At the billing period change, traffic month isn't closed.
- Traffic already run up isn't reset.
- Traffic run up for the rest of the traffic month is added to 15GB run up before changing to a 1 month billing period.
- Traffic limit remains 14GB.
- As recurrent fee calculated based on 1 month billing period free ($18 = 9GB over free x $2 recurrent price) is bigger than recurrent fee already prepaid ($6), the user is charged the difference of $12.
- If by the end of the traffic month user exceeds 14GB traffic limit, he is charged at the new usage price.