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What do PayGrid Billing terms mean?

The terms used across PayGrid Billing and this documentation, in plain language.

Access code - the code a hotspot customer enters on the captive portal to use prepaid access.

Bonga points - the loyalty points a customer earns, redeemable against service. Visible to the customer in Bonga Rewards.

Burst - a short allowance of speed above a plan's normal rate, configured per plan.

Captive portal - the page a walk-in customer sees before they have internet access. Configured under Settings → Captive Portal.

Device limit - the maximum number of devices an account may use at once, set on its plan.

FUP - fair-use policy. A data threshold after which a plan is throttled or otherwise limited.

Hotspot - prepaid, portal-based access identified by an access code.

Loy - the AI assistant built into the admin workspace. See Loy AI assistant.

ONU / OLT - Optical Network Unit (the device at the customer's premises) and Optical Line Terminal (the equipment at your end). See Fiber and OLT.

PPPoE - wired access authenticated with a username and password over a router session.

Reseller - a person or shop who buys vouchers from you and sells them on, with a commission and their own portal login.

Static - a service with fixed addressing, authenticated like PPPoE and carrying a static IP.

STK push - a payment prompt sent to a customer's phone, used by mobile-money gateways.

Voucher - a prepaid hotspot code. See Vouchers and resellers.

Workspace - your ISP's own instance of PayGrid Billing, with its own data, users, branding, and settings.