Are EIP addresses charged?

EIPs shall not be charged for themselves when charged by annual or monthly package or by fixed bandwidth on an hourly basis and only the bandwidth to which the EIPs are bound is charged. When EIPs are charged by traffic, the IP address retention fee and traffic charge will be collected.

Can billing modes of EIPs be switched?

The rules for switching the EIP billing mode are as follows:

Billing mode	Allow or not
Monthly package by bandwidth ⇆ Pay-as-you-go method based on bandwidth	Permit
Pay-as-you-go method based on bandwidth ⇆ Payment method based on actual traffic	Permit
Monthly package by bandwidth ⇆ Payment method based on actual traffic	Not allow

How to charge EIPs that are billed as per use?

Pay-as-you-go EIPs are charged by bandwidth or by traffic.

When an EIP is charged as per bandwidth use, it will be billed on an hourly basis for the bandwidth usage charge of last hour.

When an EIP is charged as per traffic use, it will be billed on an hourly basis for the actual traffic charge and IP address retention fee of last hour.

Do EIPs that are charged by annual or monthly package support bulk renewal?

Supported. You can bulk renew the EIPs on the Console of the eSurfing Cloud Website.

Can EIPs that are charged by annual or monthly package be switched to EIPs as per use?

Supported. EIPs that are charged by annual or monthly bandwidth package can be switched to EIPs as per bandwidth use. For more information, see Billing Modes.

Can EIPs that are charged as per use be switched to EIPs by annual or monthly package?

Supported. EIPs that are charged by traffic can be switched to EIPs by annual or monthly package. After being switched, the EIPs take effect immediately. For more information, see Billing Modes.

When an EIP charged as per use has been released, why does it still incur billing?

When you have released an EIP that is charged as per use, the EIP will be no longer charged.

Because the EIP that is charged as per bandwidth use and by actual traffic is postpaid, a bill is still received after the EIP has been released. It should be noted that the bill is generated one day or one hour before the release rather than after the release.

Why do you set peak bandwidth for EIPs that are charged by traffic?

Peak bandwidth can be set for EIPs that are charged by traffic. The higher the peak bandwidth is set, the higher the bandwidth is in use. This also means that the traffic charge generated is higher. Therefore, you can suppress the overmuch upstream traffic by setting peak bandwidth so as to control the cost.

Can EIPs that are charged as per use be switched to EIPs by traffic and by fixed bandwidth?

Supported. You can perform the operation in the Console as required.

Do EIPs support transfer of ownership?

Not supported. EIPs are randomly assigned and currently do not support assignment or transfer of ownership. After EIPs are released, new users also apply for EIPs randomly.

Are EIPs still charged after they are added to the shared bandwidth?

No charge. After EIPs are added to the shared bandwidth, the EIPs that are charged by traffic or bandwidth are no longer charged this way and the peak bandwidth of the EIPs becomes that of the shared bandwidth.

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