Subscriber Interface Menu; Defining The Billing Options {Billing Options - Nomadix AG 5000 User Manual

AG 5000

Subscriber Interface Menu

Defining the Billing Options {Billing Options}

You can define various billing options for use with the Internal Web Server (IWS),
based on:
Normal billing plans, including pricing and bandwidth.
Duration-based billing plans (see description below)
Messages displayed to subscribers, including an Introduction Message,
Offer Message and Policy Message.
Billing schemes (units of access).
Free billing options (free access).
Promotional code options (for example, when offering a percentage
discount).
Duration-based Billing Plans
The purpose of this feature is to let hotels create billing plans that work in a similar
fashion to pre-paid telephone cards. This means that an operator can set the AG
5000's Internal Web Server (IWS) to allow users online on a time "X" over period
"Y" basis. Standard billing plans (where time "X" = period "Y") can be used
concurrently with "X" over "Y" plans. For example, multiple plans with flexible
billing event options can be rolled out, such as:
Plan A: 24 hours, 256kbit/s downstream, 128Kbit/s upstream, public IP
address, $15 charge.
Plan B: 8 hours to be used over 5 days, 512Kbit/s downstream, 256Kbit/s
upstream, private IP address, $35 charge.
Plan C: 1 week, 1Mbit/s downstream, 1Mbit/s upstream, public IP address,
$99 charge.
In addition to credit card billing, Property Management Systems used by hotels are
also supported along with the internal data base of the AG 5000 and billing via
Nomadix' secure XML API.
See also, "Assigning a PMS Service {PMS}" on page 88
Your product license must support the PMS feature.
System Administration
(see following note).
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