See SUNet ID eligibility for details on the rules of eligibility. Initiating charging Charging starts for a specific sponsor when that sponsorship becomes the authorizing source for the SUNet ID and Leland account. In order to provide a greater level of control over the period of charging, the system supports the ability to specify explicit starting dates as part of sponsorship. Sponsorship, and therefore charging, is only in effect on or after the sponsor-designated starting date, and only when the SUNet ID has no higher level of authorization, either University ID eligibility or grace period. Sponsorship ends either on the sponsor-designated end date, or when sponsorship is assumed by another sponsor.
Any later sponsorship takes over charges from an earlier sponsorship.
This is allowed to provide for continuity of service after the day regular eligibility ends, or more accurately, when the grace period expires. Thus the effective date for charging is unknown at the time of sponsorship. This also is allowed for continuity of service across sponsors. Without charging it made no difference that a SUNet ID might have multiple authorizing sponsorships. But only one of those can receive charges at a time.