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title: "Number of Cycles In-Advance"
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# Number of Cycles In-Advance

If the product Prorating Type is ***In Advance***, ***In Advance - No Refund,*** ***In Advance - No Prorate***, or ***In Advance - Future Disconnect***, you can designate the number of charge cycles (from 1 to 12 cycles) to bill in advance.

***Example***

Your company charges for Voice Mail two months in advance. You set up Voice Mail with a charge of $5.00 on a monthly basis and your customers are billed on a monthly bill cycle.

A customer is in the bill cycle that bills on the first of each month. This customer adds Voice Mail on July 5th. The August 1st invoice includes:

- $4.35 for the days in July that Voice Mail was in service
- $5.00 for the month of August (1st month In-Advance)
- $5.00 for the month of September (2nd month In-Advance)

The September 1st invoice includes:
- $5.00 for the month of October (2nd month In-Advance)