Facilitation of a network communication service for which payment may be made by any of a plurality of payment modes

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that contains instructions that are readable by said processor and cause said processor to perform actions of:
• receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service;
• querying a database, in response to said notification, to obtain a payment mode for said service, wherein said payment mode is selectable from a set that includes (a) pre-payment and (b) post-payment;
• determining, in accordance with said payment mode, whether a balance to fund said service satisfies a balance criterion;
• and
• issuing, in accordance with whether said balance to fund said service satisfies said balance criterion, a communication to a device to affect a provision of said service.

A storage medium comprising instructions that are readable by a processor to cause said processor to perform actions of:

• receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service;
• querying a database, in response to said notification, to obtain a payment mode for said service, wherein said payment mode is selectable from a set that includes (a) pre-payment and (b) post-payment;
• determining, in accordance with said payment mode, whether a balance to fund said service satisfies a balance criterion;
• and
• issuing, in accordance with whether said balance to fund said service satisfies said balance criterion, a communication to a device to affect a provision of said service.