What Is the Billing Period?

Lately, you may have started hearing things like “my internet package ends early” and “it used to end earlier/later on Turkcell, but on Vodafone it ends earlier/later” quite often. In this post, we will find the answer to the question of “what is the billing period?”, which is the reason behind all of this.

When operators sell you a package, they set a billing period for each package. They set a standard for both calls and internet.

While you are wondering how there can be such a difference between the prices of the same packages on the same operator, the billing period is affecting things in the background. In other words, when an operator sells one of two identical packages for 150 and the other for 200 lira, the difference is usually the billing period.

Actually, to understand this, you need to know how operators work. Operators basically work with a shipping logic. Let’s say you want to look at something on a website. You are the customer, the data is sitting in a warehouse there, and to view it you are placing an order for it. The operators are the ones who bring the data to you. They also take what is with you and carry it away the same way they bring it. While doing this, they charge you.

So let’s get to our real question. How does my package end early?

When you buy a package, the details show the billing period. Usually it is billed as 1 kb or 100 kb. While you are using the internet, a message comes in or you look at something, and let’s say the data you looked at is 50 kb in size. If your billing period is 1 kb, you use the package by spending 1 kb 50 times. But if your billing period is 100 kb, when you use a 50 kb package, 50 kb goes to waste. So the higher your billing period, the faster your internet ends.

You can see an example in the photo below.

Actually, in short and normal use, this is not something you will notice or something that will make your package end early, but with frequent use and as you keep getting different packages, even with small packets coming in the background while the internet is on at night, your internet will end faster.

This period also applies to phone calls. For example, there may be a note saying it is billed in 60 second increments. Even if you talk for 10 seconds, 60 seconds is deducted from your package. Of course, this does not mean 60 seconds is deducted every 10 seconds. Up to 60 seconds, every call is charged as 60 seconds.

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