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Overview

You can change the billing mode of a shared bandwidth if it no longer meets your needs. Table 2 lists the change scenarios.

Table 1 Change scenarios

Billing Mode Change

Change Scenario

Description

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth)

The change can be applied immediately or after the current subscription expires.

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth)

You can change the billing mode by performing the following actions:

  1. Change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) by referring to Changing Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use.
  2. Change the billing mode from pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth) by referring to Changes Between Pay-per-Use (By Bandwidth) and Pay-per-Use (Billed by Enhanced 95th Percentile Bandwidth).

From pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

From pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to yearly/monthly

You can change the billing mode by referring to Changing Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

The change is applied immediately.

From pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth) to yearly/monthly
You can change the billing mode by performing the following actions:
  1. Change the billing mode from pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth) to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) by referring to Changes Between Pay-per-Use (By Bandwidth) and Pay-per-Use (Billed by Enhanced 95th Percentile Bandwidth).
  2. Change the billing mode from pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to yearly/monthly by referring to Changing Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

The change is applied immediately.

Billing changes between by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth and by bandwidth

From pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth) to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth)

You can change the billing option by referring to Changes Between Pay-per-Use (By Bandwidth) and Pay-per-Use (Billed by Enhanced 95th Percentile Bandwidth). The change is applied immediately.

From pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth)

You can change the billing option by referring to Changes Between Pay-per-Use (By Bandwidth) and Pay-per-Use (Billed by Enhanced 95th Percentile Bandwidth). The change is applied immediately.
Table 2 Change scenarios

Billing Item

Change Scenarios

Reference

Shared Bandwidth
  • Change from pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to yearly/monthly
  • Changes between pay-per-use (by bandwidth) and pay-per-use (billed by enhanced 95th percentile bandwidth)
  • Change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth)

For details, see Figure 1.
Figure 1 Changing the billing mode of a shared bandwidth