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Also known as: capped account
Any plan where downloaded volume is counted against a fixed allowance, whether that allowance resets monthly or is bought once as a block. Traffic is measured at the server, so failed articles, header downloads, and PAR2 repair blocks all count. Metered plans suit light or occasional use; heavy binary downloading exhausts a small allowance in hours rather than weeks.
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