[Spce-user] billing parameters per fee

[Joan Cifre (ibred)]

Hi Jon,
thanks for the complete explanaition. Now it's perfectly clear for me.
Regards,
Joan


El 2013-01-20 11:54, Jon Bonilla (Manwe) escribió:
> El Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:36:27 +0100
> "Joan Cifre (ibred)" <jcifre at ib-red.com> escribió:
>
>> Hi all,
>> to configure biling parameters for each billing fee I can't understand
>> exactly what does it mean everyone.
>> Copied from the Sipwise manual
>>
>>    * *init rate*: The rate for the first rating interval in cent (of
>>      whatever currency, represented as a floating point number) per second.
>>        o I think this is clear. Just the amount charged when the call is
>>          stablished
>>    * *init interval*: The duration of the first billing interval, in seconds.
>>        o This should be the seconds from the stablished call until next
>>          rate is applied. No more than the "init rate" will be charged
>>          during the "init interval", is it?
>>    * *follow rate*: The rate for subsequent rating intervals in cent (of
>>      whatever currency, represented as a floating point number) per second.
>>    * *follow interval*: The duration of subsequent billing intervals, in
>>      seconds. Applicable to calls during onpeak hours.
>>        o These parameters are not clear for me. If I have to bill calls
>>          in exact number of seconds, should I enter in "follow rate" the
>>          cents per second and in "follow interval" the value of "1"? In
>>          fact I just need the "cents per second" configured in "follow
>>          rate", isn't it? Maybe the "follow interval" is the minimum
>>          amount of seconds billed?
> init and follow rate/interval allow you to charge different at the start and
> the following intervals of the call.
>
> Examples:
>
> You want to charge 15 cent as call stablishment and 6 cents per minute to that
> destination. You would set something like this:
>
> init rate: 15
> init interval: 1
> follow rate: 0,1
> follow interval 60
>
> This would charge 15 cents the first second and 6 cents if the call reaches 60
> (actually 61 because the init interval is 1) seconds. If the call is
> lower than that the cost would be 15 cents because the following interval has
> not been reached.
>
> In many countries, by law, you need to charge per second. If you'd like to
> charge 6 cents/minute but charge per second and charge no matter the duration
> is it would be:
>
> init rate: 15,1
> init interval: 1
> follow rate: 0,1
> follow interval 1
>
> For no stablishment fee. Just 6 cents/minute:
>
> init rate: 0,1
> init interval: 1
> follow rate: 0,1
> follow interval 1
>
>
> Nowadays, the intervals are usually 1 second. In the past there were different
> fees for the first minute and the rest of the conversation and the charges
> didn't have to be per second as they are now. Even more: To fulfill the
> regulations of some countries, the billing precision of the provider changes
> from seconds to miliseconds a couple of releases ago.
>
>
>
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