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The Home::1 tariff is an ideal tariff for home users who want a simple fixed-usage service from AAISP. More details as to what is offered and the pricing can be found on the main website:
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The '''Home::1''' tariff is an ideal tariff for home users who want a simple fixed-usage service from AAISP. More details as to what is offered and the pricing can be found on the main website:
 
=Quota=
The Home::1 has a quota amount per month which you choose when ordered and can change during the life of the service. There is also a quota bonus of half of the unused quota from the previous month being added to the next. When the quota is reached the line will go slow and use quota from the next month or it can be set to automatically apply a top-up (and charge for it) More details below... (We used to have an option to block lines when quota was reached, but this was removed in June 2022)
 
Multiple lines at the same location and on the same login can be bonded for speed & resilience, the quota is shared between them - see below for more details.
The Home::1 has a quota amount per month, either 100GB, 200GB, 300GB, 400GB or 500GB.
 
==How to Change the monthly quota==
You can regrade through https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/regrades-moves/ - A change in tariff would take effect from the following calendar month.
Please contact Sales who will be happy to do this for you.
 
==TopupTopping up before itthe quota runs out==
If the topuptop optionup Action is set to Slow or Block, then when you have less than 50GB leftremaining a TopupTop up button will be shown on the Control Page. Clicking this will add 50GBmore usage and will invoice for it. From September 6, 2017 top-up on Home::1 and SoHo::1 does not expire. It continues until you have used it all.
 
The top up is paid for by a separate Direct Debit and lasts to the end of the following month, or until used up.
 
{{CPbox|#Click on the line you want to topup
#Click on the Top Up button}}
 
==How to view remaining Quota==
It can be viewed from the [httphttps://control.aa.net.uk/login-clueless.html controlControl pagesPages], and also by viewing the front page of the main web aa.net.uk site from your Home::1 line, it will look a little like this:
 
The figure on the homepage is a real time counter of the usage, this may differ slightly from the stats on the [https://control.aa.net.uk/ Control Pages] as the control pages uses data that is only updated hourly.
It can be viewed from the [http://aa.net.uk/login-clueless.html control pages], and also by viewing the front page of the main web aa.net.uk site from your Home::1 line, it will look a little like this:
 
The quota figure on the homepage can also be viewed as an svg image using the URL: https://quota.aa.net.uk you can request a json or plain text version too, eg:
[[File:H1Quota.png|300px]]
<SyntaxHighlight lang=bash>
curl -L https://quota.aa.net.uk --header "Accept: application/json"
curl -L https://quota.aa.net.uk --header "Accept: text/plain"
wget https://quota.aa.net.uk --header="Accept: application/json" -q -O -
wget https://quota.aa.net.uk --header="Accept: text/plain" -q -O -
</SyntaxHighlight>
 
==QuotaUsage Topup OptionsTracking==
On the control pages we show your upload and download usage by hour, day, month and more - see the [[Usage]] page for more details.
 
==Quota Warnings==
We can send an email when the quota reaches a certain point. You can edit this on the [https://control.aa.net.uk/ Control Pages]. We'll then also email when the quota runs out. (as of June 2022)
[[File:Topup50GBClueless-quotawarn.png|none|frame|TopupQuota buttonwarn option]]
 
==Quota Top up Options==
The [https://control.aa.net.uk/ Control Pages] will show you your quota, and remaining usage as well as a couple of options that you can set.
 
[[File:Homeq-quota-options.png|none|frame|Home ::1 Quota settings on Control Pages]]
!Action
!What happens when Quota reached
!How to topuuptop up
|-
!Block
|This option was removed in June 2022 and lines set to go slow instead.
|You will be redirected to our portal
|
|From our portal you can purchase Topup
|-
!Slow
|The line speed will be limitedcapped, inthe speed depends on the tariff. (256KbFor 1TB users the slow mode will be around 3Mb/s) and for 10TB users it will be around 30Mb/s. The idea is that at that speed you could not use the whole of the coming month's quote even flat out. Usage during this time will come out of next month's quota.
|You can topuptop up from the Control Pages (see belowabove)
|-
!Auto-bill
|When the quota is reached, the system will issue a 50GB250GB topuptop up and will invoice for it. (Mandatory for bonded/multi line services)
|n/a (It's automatic)
|}
 
==Quota on Bonded/Multi-line Home::1 Lines==
==Topup before it runs out==
===Overview===
[[File:Topup50GB.png|none|frame|Topup button]]
The Home::1 tariff is usually for a single line, but we do allow multiple lines on a Home::1 tariff which means that traffic can be bonded to increase the throughput (speed) and resilience.
 
*Multiple lines on Home::1 lines need to be on the same login (e.g. example@a)
If the topup option is set to Slow or Block, then when you have less than 50GB left a Topup button will be shown on the Control Page. Clicking this will add 50GB and will invoice for it.
*They will all be given a different line number (e.g. example@a.1, example@a.2 etc.).
*Each line needs its own Quota, these can be different amounts. (Previously we had allowed a line to have zero quote, but this has changed)
*Automatic quota balancing will ensure that the total quota is automatically shared as needed
 
===Balancing===
==Quota on Bonded Home::1 Lines==
QuotaWhilst iseach calculated per-line, buthas sharedits betweenown allquota, lines inwhenever a bondedline in the set. Thereruns out of quota there is a process called "balancing", which takes the total quota for the bonded set, and splits it equally between the lines in the set.
 
From a user's perspective, this means that you don't hitget yourauto "quota reached" action (block/slow/autotopped-bill)up until you have completely run out of quota across your set of lines. However, there can be confusing states where (e.g.) you have a total of 25GB quota left, shown to you as line 1 having 20GB quota and line 2 having 5GB quota. Don't panic; when the line with 5GB quota runs out of quota completely, balancing will kick in and adjust the situation.
The Home::1 tariff is usually for a single line, but we do allow multiple lines on a Home::1 tariff.
 
In our example case, if asymmetric speeds and/or per-line [[IPv6]] routing means that you use 10GB on line 1, and 5GB on line 2, you'll hit the point where you have one line with 10GB quota and another line with 0GB quota. Balancing will detect this, and rearrange so that you have 5GB per line. If you then use 5GB on line 1 and 1 GB on line 2, balancing will kick in again, and give you 2GB per line. This will continue until you run out of quota, and yourthen out-of-quotathe action (block/slow/auto-bill) will kick in and will top-up the quota.
Quota is calculated per-line, but shared between all lines in a bonded set. There is a process called "balancing", which takes the total quota for the bonded set, and splits it equally between the lines in the set.
 
If you apply a top-up before you run out of quota, this is only applied to one line. The expectation is that balancing will spread the top-up among your lines as needed.
When your quota is reset at the beginning of each month, the balancing process runs; if you have 2 lines and 100GB quota, each line will get 50GB quota assigned.
 
Whenever a line in the set runs out of quota, balancing is run again to take quota from lines that haven't yet run out and pass it to the lines that have run out.
 
From a user's perspective, this means that you don't hit your "quota reached" action (block/slow/auto-bill) until you have completely run out of quota across your set of lines. However, there can be confusing states where (e.g.) you have a total of 25GB quota left, shown to you as line 1 having 20GB quota and line 2 having 5GB quota. Don't panic; when the line with 5GB quota runs out of quota completely, balancing will kick in and adjust the situation.
 
[[Category:Line Settings]]
In our example case, if asymmetric speeds and/or per-line [[IPv6]] routing means that you use 10GB on line 1, and 5GB on line 2, you'll hit the point where you have one line with 10GB quota and another line with 0GB quota. Balancing will detect this, and rearrange so that you have 5GB per line. If you then use 5GB on line 1 and 1 GB on line 2, balancing will kick in again, and give you 2GB per line. This will continue until you run out of quota, and your out-of-quota action (block/slow/auto-bill) will kick in.
[[Category:Configuring]]
 
If you apply a top-up before you run out of quota, this is only applied to one line. The expectation is that balancing will spread the top-up among your lines as needed.
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