[asterisk-users] Managing the spiralling costs

[Craig Van Ham]

Wow that's crazy, 1.9 is pretty much as good as your going to get. I would
find out where were the most of your traffic is coming from and get local
numbers in those areas. When the person calls your 1800 number check if
there is a local number for them to use if so play the message with the
local number.

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Vikas
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 8:10 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Managing the spiralling costs

I have been using the inbound 800 services from vitelity. Slowly the
usage has been rising and in the month of Jan the bill was for $650. I
am currently on a 1.9 cents a minute plan. Am I paying too much ?

Some suggestions my team generated to reduce the toll free incoming
call bill were:

1. When people call in on the 800 number take the local number they
are calling from and then call them back from our unlimited outgoing
account from broadvoice.

2. Find a vendor with a better rate.

Any idea what we can do to better manage the 800 cost.

Thanks for your time,

Vikas

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