A method comprising: determining, by a network device , a load state of each of a plurality of network connections associated with one or more second service providers, wherein the network device is not configured to function as a base station, wherein: each of the plurality of network connections backhauls a respective one of a plurality of base stations associated with a first service provider; and for each one of the plurality of network connections , the determination of the load state is based on a periodic data cap (D) measured in bits or bytes imposed by a second service provider and corresponds to a total amount of data for a certain period of time on the one of the plurality of network connections , wherein the load state is an average traffic load L over a current, in-progress time period; and configuring, by a base station manager , one or more of the plurality of base stations based on the determined load state of each of the plurality of network connections , wherein the configuring one or more of the plurality of base stations comprises adjusting a value of a parameter such that traffic is redistributed from a more-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections to a less-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections . determining, by a network device , a load state of each of a plurality of network connections associated with one or more second service providers, wherein the network device is not configured to function as a base station, wherein: each of the plurality of network connections backhauls a respective one of a plurality of base stations associated with a first service provider; and for each one of the plurality of network connections , the determination of the load state is based on a periodic data cap (D) measured in bits or bytes imposed by a second service provider and corresponds to a total amount of data for a certain period of time on the one of the plurality of network connections , wherein the load state is an average traffic load L over a current, in-progress time period; and configuring, by a base station manager , one or more of the plurality of base stations based on the determined load state of each of the plurality of network connections , wherein the configuring one or more of the plurality of base stations comprises adjusting a value of a parameter such that traffic is redistributed from a more-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections to a less-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections . each of the plurality of network connections backhauls a respective one of a plurality of base stations associated with a first service provider; and for each one of the plurality of network connections , the determination of the load state is based on a periodic data cap (D) measured in bits or bytes imposed by a second service provider and corresponds to a total amount of data for a certain period of time on the one of the plurality of network connections , wherein the load state is an average traffic load L over a current, in-progress time period; and configuring, by a base station manager , one or more of the plurality of base stations based on the determined load state of each of the plurality of network connections , wherein the configuring one or more of the plurality of base stations comprises adjusting a value of a parameter such that traffic is redistributed from a more-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections to a less-heavily-loaded one of the plurality of network connections . <EOS>