Data tokens vs plan upgrade

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Quinatt wrote:
Actually, that’s confusing. Why would upgrading to 20gb mid-month from 10gb be prorated to half the price? You’re still getting 10gb more regardless of the fact you only get 15 days less to use it. Maybe I’m not understanding correctly.

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Because you're paying for the plan, which includes the data, not the data itself.  Basically, at the point you upgrade, your old plan will end and the new plan will begin, with the price of the old plan being prorated because you didn't use it for the entire 30/31 days, and the new plan will be prorated because you aren't going to be using it for the entire 30/31 days.  The difference will be on the next bill, because the bill for the current month has already been generated and paid, as HughesNet uses forward billing.  IOW, when a bill is generated and paid, it's for the forthcoming 30/31 days.

If you're on day 15 of a 30 day month of a $50 plan, you've used $25 worth.  If you upgrade on that day to a $60 plan, you're going to have a $25 credit for the second half of the $50 plan that you didn't use, but already paid for, and a $30 bill for the second half of the $60 plan that you will use.  So, a $5 difference from what you had already paid for the month, which will be added to the next bill, which will then be $65.  Of course, these figures are arbitrary and don't include lease fees or taxes, but are just being used as an easy example.