Updated on 2025-08-26 GMT+08:00

Buying a Global Internet Bandwidth

Scenarios

This section describes how to buy a global internet bandwidth.

If you want to buy a global internet bandwidth, submit a service ticket to apply for permissions.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Buy Global Internet Bandwidth page.
  2. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.
    Table 1 Parameter descriptions

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Region

    Mandatory

    A global internet bandwidth can only be shared by global EIPs from its same region.

    For details about regions, see Selecting a Region.

    CN-East

    City

    Mandatory

    A global internet bandwidth can only be shared by global EIPs from its same city.

    Shanghai

    Type

    Mandatory The types vary according to the selected city.

    You can select:

    • Static BGP
    • Dynamic BGP
    • CU
    • CM
    • CT

    Dynamic BGP

    Billing Mode

    You can select:

    • Pay-per-use
    • Yearly/Monthly

    The billing modes vary according to the selected city.

    Pay-per-use

    Bandwidth Type

    You can select:

    • Standard
    • IPv6 Static Bandwidth

    The bandwidth types vary according to the selected city.

    Standard

    Billed By

    You can select:
    • Bandwidth
    • 95th percentile bandwidth (standard)

    The billing options vary according to the selected city.

    95th percentile bandwidth (standard)

    Guaranteed Bandwidth

    This parameter is available only when Billing Mode is set to Pay-per-use. The system automatically generates the guaranteed bandwidth percentage based on what you select for Billed By.

    0%

    Bandwidth (Mbit/s)

    Mandatory

    Select the size of the bandwidth. The unit is Mbit/s.

    100

    Global Internet Bandwidth Name

    Optional

    Enter the name of the bandwidth. The name:
    • Must contain 0 to 64 characters.
    • Can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

    ibw-test

    Enterprise Project

    The enterprise project that the global internet bandwidth belongs to.

    An enterprise project facilitates project-level management and grouping of cloud resources and users. The default project is default.

    For details about creating and managing enterprise projects, see the Enterprise Management User Guide.

    default

    Tag

    Global internet bandwidth tag, which consists of a key and value pair.

    The tag key and value must meet the requirements listed in Table 2.

    • Key: geip_1.1
    • Value: 10

    Description

    Supplementary information about the global internet bandwidth. This parameter is optional.

    -

    Required Duration

    The duration for which the yearly/monthly global internet bandwidth will be used.

    1 month

    Upon Expiration

    This parameter must be specified if the Billing Mode is set to Yearly/Monthly. The value can be one of the following:

    • Change to pay-per-use
    • Auto-renew
    • Enter grace period

    Change to pay-per-use

    Table 2 Tag naming rules

    Parameter

    Requirement

    Example Value

    Key

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for a global internet bandwidth.
    • Can contain a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

    geip_1.1

    Value

    • Can contain a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-).

    10

  3. Click Next.
  4. Confirm the configurations and click Submit.

    The global internet bandwidth list page is displayed.

  5. In the global internet bandwidth list, view the status of the bandwidth.

    If the status of the bandwidth is Normal, the purchase is successful.

Follow-Up Procedure

If your instance with a global EIP bound needs to access the Internet, you also need to add the global EIP to a global internet bandwidth. For details, see Adding Global EIPs to a Global Internet Bandwidth.