LCO rewards

Applicable to Local cable operators only

LCO gets paid by hotspot owners in DBT. In year 1, LCO gets paid a flat share of 25% of hotspot's DBT earnings.

Starting EPOCH 366, to maintain QoS and accountability, LCO reward is linked to hotspot upkeep. LCO rewards are broken up into four different categories reflecting proof of coverage and service availability. LCO qualify to earn rewards for meeting one or more pass/fail tests. Rewards are placed on a sliding scale encouraging LCOs to maintain high reliability and uptime.

The system is designed to reward good LCO performance and compensate HOs for any loss of business due to LCO failure.

1. Heartbeat

A "heartbeat" is data sent by the hotspot indicating that the unit is powered on and all systems are nominal. Heartbeats occur every 60 minutes . Each hotspot is awarded 1 point for a successful heartbeat in each hour, with a maximum of 24 points in the reward period. Only hotspots with 18 points will be rewarded.

1. Public wifi radio uptime

At least one radio on the hotspot must be transmitting the DABBA public wifi SSID continuously per reward period to be eligible for public wifi rewards. 1 reward point is awarded per continuous hour of radio uptime. A maximum of 24 points in the reward period. Only hotspots with 18 points will be eligible for public Wifi rewards.

1. Latency test

A latency test will be conducted once every reward period at a randomised interval. A maximum of 70ms of latency is acceptable to earn latency rewards.

1. Backhaul Upload / Download speed test

A speed test will be conducted once every reward period at a randomised interval. A minimum of 50mbps for download and 10mbps for upload is acceptable to earn rewards.

Example calculations for rewards

All rewards qualification criteria are pass/fail and weighted equally.

Earning category per epoch

Category	Rewards tests passed	LCO fee eligibility
A	✅ ✅ ✅ ✅	100%
B	✅ ✅ ✅	75%
C	✅ ✅	60%
D	✅	50%
E	None	25%