# Set Billing Rates for Network Usage

This procedure describes how to set low usage rates, high usage rates, and a high/low boundary for types of network usage. The NuPoint Unified Messaging server uses these rates to calculate charges when generating billing reports. Types of network usage are:

- Network messages sent

- Network urgent messages sent

- Number of network nodes sent to and sent urgent to

- Number of remote network recipients sent to and sent urgent to

- Network messages received and network urgent messages received

- Message length for network messages sent, sent urgent, received, and received urgent

- Message length for number of network nodes sent and sent urgent

- Message length for number of remote recipients sent and sent urgent

To set billing rates for network usage:

1. From the Main Menu, select (R) Reports, (B) Billing, and then (A) Adjust Rates.

2. Select (N) Network Rates.

3. For one or more network usage types (listed above), enter the following information when prompted (you can press Enter until you reach the usage type you want to set/change.):

   - At the low usage rate ($ n.nnn) ? $ prompt, enter an amount for the new usage rate ($0.01 through $64.99) OR enter 0.00 to clear the current rate OR press Enter to keep the current setting.

   - At the low/high boundary (n) ? prompt, enter a number from 1 through 65535 that represents the number of units (tenths of a minute) at which the low rate changes to a high rate (for example, 600 equals 1 hour), OR enter 0.00 to clear the current rate, OR press Enter to keep the current setting.

   - At the high usage rate ($ n.nnn) ? $ prompt, enter an amount for the new usage rate ($0.01 through $64.99) OR enter 0.00 to clear the current rate OR press Enter to keep the current setting.

4. Exit to the Main Menu to make your settings take effect.

Parent topic: Procedures (Text Console)