Consulting Services/Package Plans/AAPT/Sharing Data Across Services
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This article describes a way to build a plan that will:
- Allow a single data allowance to apply across multiple tails
- Allow users to add and remove tails without affecting the rest of the grouped services.
This plan is specifically designed to work with AAPT IP-Line service type. IP-Line is AAPT's business-grade internet product.
While this article was not written with any other data service type in mind, this approach may be suited to any product where unique service identifiers (contained in data feed) are used to distinguish between the data, the link and the tails.
How a plan is structured in Emersion will often depend on how service providers want the services to present on the invoice. Not suited for any other data-based service type, however this approach may be suited to any product where unique service identifiers contained in data feed are used to distinguish between the data, the link and the tails.
Assumptions
The data allocation must be purchased from AAPT as a direct service. I.e. The data allocation is dedicated to only this end user customer.
This solution will not support your customer sharing data from a pool of bandwidth that is shared with other customers, as is sometimes sold by carriers.
Case Scenario
A customer has multiple locations, such as offices or retail outlet locations) and needs business grade internet.
Each customer location will be using a tail and maybe on different speeds and technology (NBN, SHDSL, ADSL, Fibre, etc).
The client will be allocated a pool of data by the carrier (500GB, 5TB, etc) to share across these tails. Excess usage rates apply if the customer exceeds their allowance.
Package Plan Construction
Overview
Service providers will need to set up: 1. A BUY service plan for the data allowance Enter your BUY prices from AAPT against this plan. 2. A SELL service plan for the data allowance Configure data allowance and excess rates (Service Plan > Data Billing). 3. A BUY package plan for the data allowance Associate your BUY service plan as from step 1 with this plan. 4. A SELL package plan for the data allowance Associate your SELL service plan with your BUY plan from step 2. 5. A BUY service plan for the tail only Enter your BUY prices from AAPT against this plan. 6. A SELL service plan for the tail only Service Plan > Data Billing to be left empty. 7. A BUY package plan for the tail only Associate your BUY service plan as from step 5 with this plan. 8. A SELL package plan for the data allowance Associate your SELL service plan with your BUY plan from step 6. 9. Approve all plans ready for sale
