# Price of service

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/price-of-service/60169>\
**Category:** TTN Network and Services\
**Created:** [November 27, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/price-of-service/60169 "2022-11-27T01:43:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![LoRaTracker](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/loratracker/32/48502_2.png) [@LoRaTracker](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/LoRaTracker)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/price-of-service/60169/2 "2022-11-27T07:48:47Z")

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> [@Fair Use Policy explained](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/fair-use-policy-explained/1300/1):
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> For The Things Network’s public community network the [Fair Access Policy](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/duty-cycle.html#maximum-duty-cycle) limits the data each end-device can send, by allowing: An average of 30 seconds uplink time on air, per 24 hours, per device. At most 10 downlink messages per 24 hours, including the ACKs for confirmed uplinks. A good goal is to keep the application payload under 12 bytes, and the interval between messages at least several minutes. An [online airtime calculator can give you some insight](https://avbentem.github.io/airtime-calculator). The following regulations apply a…

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