If the Account Type is "Usage Time", Customer can access internet as long as the account is valid (within the valid period) with remaining quota (connection time).
Customer also needs to activate the issued account within a given time period by logging in for the first time. When the Account Type is Duration-time, three Counting Methods may be used to decide when the account expires.
1. "Elapsed Time" specifies the time duration from account creation for which the account is valid.
2. "Cut-off Time" specifies the next cut-off time point for which the account becomes invalid.
3. "Begin and End Time" specifies that the account is valid between the two time points. If the Account Type is "Volume", Customer can access internet as long as the account is valid (within the valid period) with remaining quota (traffic volume).
Customer also needs to activate the issued account within a given time period by logging in for the first time. The "Hotel Cut-off-time" Account Type is designed for hotel applications and conforms to check-in/out scenario. For cut-off applications within one day (for example, the account expires upon bookstore's closing hour -11PM) please select "Duration Time".
One-day-stay in Hotel terms is counted from a customer's check-in time to the check-out time on the following day. When a tenant checks in for one or multiple days, the operator can generate an account ticket based on the number of the over-night stay. The account will be cut-off on the specified cut-off-time (normally the hotel's check-out-time) after the number of nights specified. Since guests may hang around in the lobby for a short while after checking out, the hotel may want to specify a "Grace period" for their tenants.