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out-of-bundle usage

Out-of-bundle usage is use of telecom services that is not covered by the amount or type of service included in a customer's bundle or allowance.

In plain English

A bundle or allowance covers only certain amounts and kinds of service. Use that falls outside what is included counts as out-of-bundle usage. It is outside the included amount, the included service type, or both.

In context

Here, it labels telecom service use that is tracked separately from the included plan allowance because it is not covered by the amount or type of service the plan includes.

Situation
Reading telecom bills, usage, overage, credits, contract period, and payment status
What it communicates
labels usage that is tracked separately from the included plan allowance.

Meaning limits

The term alone does not say how that usage will be charged or otherwise handled.

Examples

“Although she still had minutes left in her bundle, calls to international numbers counted as out-of-bundle usage.”

Core meaning

“Those picture messages were recorded as out-of-bundle usage instead of being taken from the included texts.”

In context