2.5.1 How to Track Service Line Data Consumption
Tracking
consumption at both the individual Service Line and account-pool level is
essential for preventing unexpected throttling and managing cost.
Service line-level consumption
In the Service
Line table on the Dashboard, each row shows:
- Consumption (GB): data used this month as
absolute value
- Usage (%): percentage of the base plan consumed
- Overage Incurred: any data consumed beyond the
base plan (if overage enabled)
- Capped Forecast — projected end-of-month usage
capped at base plan. Based on linear projection of
current daily consumption rate
- Uncapped Forecast — projected end-of-month usage capped at base plan + any overage allowed. Based on linear projection of current daily consumption rate
Account-level pool consumption:
The account
summary panel at the top of the Dashboard shows total pool usage across all
Service Lines. Use this to:
- Identify whether your total pool is at risk of
exhaustion before month-end
- Anticipate the need to expand the data pool with Orbius
- Plan overage budgets across multiple Service Lines
Consumption alerts:
Orbius sends
automated email alerts when Service Lines approach their monthly allowance at:
- 80% consumed — early warning
- 90% consumed — approaching limit
- 100% consumed — Service Line exhausted, downlink
capped to ~1 Mbps
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📌 Note: No alert is sent when no Service Lines are nearing exhaustion. Alerts go to the email address registered on your Portal account. |
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