Setting Up FUP (Fair Usage)
With a Fair Usage Policy (FUP), users who use up their traffic quota are not cut off. They continue at a lower speed until their next renewal (or until the next day, for daily limits).
Example: 20 Mbps with 100 GB per month, then 4 Mbps
1. Create the FUP profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Profile Name | 20M-FUP |
| Type | Fair Usage Policy (FUP) |
| Limit Expiration | OFF |
| Download / Upload Rate | 4096 / 1024 |
| Traffic limits | All OFF |
2. Set up the main package
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Profile Name | 20M-100GB |
| Type | Prepaid |
| Download / Upload Rate | 20480 / 5120 |
| Limit Expiration | ON, 1 month(s) |
| Limit Traffic | ON, Traffic Limit 102400 MB (100 GB) |
| Quota Next Profile | 20M-FUP |
3. What happens
- When the user has used 100 GB, SAS Radius disconnects the user, and at the next connection the user gets the 4 Mbps speed of 20M-FUP.
- At the next activation the user gets a new 100 GB quota and the full speed again.
- Without a Quota Next Profile, a user who uses up the quota can't connect until renewed.
Daily limits
To limit daily usage (for example 10 GB per day), set Daily Traffic Limit to 10240 MB and Daily Limit Next Profile to an FUP profile. The user gets the reduced speed for the rest of the day; the daily counters reset at midnight.
Daily usage can also be reset with Reset Traffic on the user's Overview, or with an extension that has Resets Daily Traffic ON.
Tips
- Keep traffic limits OFF on the FUP profile itself, and use one FUP level per package.
- Extra traffic can be sold with an extension package (see Extension Packages) or added with Add Traffic.
- Warn users before they reach the limit with Usage Notifications.