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Modifying EIP Bandwidth

Scenarios

For a pay-per-use EIP, you can change the bandwidth name, size, and whether it is billed by bandwidth or traffic.

For a yearly/monthly EIP, you can change the bandwidth name and size.

Impact on Fees

Table 1 Impact on fees

Current Billing Mode

Change Scenario

Impact on Fees

Pay-per-use

Change to be billed by traffic or billed by bandwidth.

The change will take effect immediately.

Yearly/Monthly

Increase the bandwidth.

The increased bandwidth size will take effect immediately and the price difference will be billed accordingly.

Decrease the bandwidth.

The decreased bandwidth size will take effect in the first billing cycle after a successful renewal.

  • Renewals cannot be canceled after the payment has been made.
  • After a successful renewal in case of a decreased bandwidth size, the bandwidth cannot be modified again within the first billing cycle.

Pay-per-use

Change the billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.

You can change the billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly on the EIP console or in the billing center. After the change is successful, the new billing mode will take effect immediately. For details, see How Do I Change the Billing Mode?

Yearly/Monthly

Change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

You can change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use in the billing center. The new billing mode takes effect only when the yearly/monthly mode expires. For details, see How Do I Change the Billing Mode?

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
  4. Locate the row that contains the target EIP in the EIP list, click More in the Operation column, and select Modify Bandwidth.
  5. Modify the bandwidth parameters as prompted.
    Figure 1 Modifying pay-per-use bandwidth
    Figure 2 Modifying monthly/yearly bandwidth
  6. Click Next.
  7. Click Submit.

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