H OT S POT G ATEWAY ™150 System AdministrationSubscriber Interface MenuDefining 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, OfferMessage and Policy Message. Billing schemes (units of access). Free billing options (free access). Promotional code options (for example, when offering a percentagediscount).Duration-based Billing PlansThe purpose of this feature is to let hotels create billing plans that work in a similarfashion to pre-paid telephone cards. This means that an operator can set the HSG’sInternal 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 optionscan be rolled out, such as: Plan A: 24 hours, 256kbit/s downstream, 128Kbit/s upstream, public IPaddress, $15 charge. Plan B: 8 hours to be used over 5 days, 512Kbit/s downstream, 256Kbit/supstream, 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 arealso supported along with the internal data base of the HSG and billing via Nomadix'secure XML API.See also, “Assigning a PMS Service {PMS}” on page 89 (see following note).Your product license must support the PMS feature.
