Telecom Expense Management, Phone Bills, Telecommunication Consultant

What is long distance phone and why are there fees on my local phone bill called Interstate Toll Access? Long distance toll access is a fee applied by the local telephone provider for the use of their network by the IXCs (Interexchange Carriers). There are two types of access charges: one is switched access and the other is special access fees.

The switched access fee refers to communication channels that connect customer premises and serving wire centers which refers to the connection at both the terminating end of a call and the originating end using the local telephone provider. This is not a competitive service since both the terminating and originating recipient has just one provider of local service. The switched access charges are fees for using their facilities to place toll calls. The IXC's rely on the switched facilities of the LEC (Local Exchange Carriers) to transmit the calls between their customers and the IXC's facilities. Since IXC's don't have their own local switching facilities, the IXC must pay both terminating and originating access to the LEC that services the caller and the LEC that services the party for the completion of the toll call.

Special access fees are the communication channels that connect customer premises and serving wire centers. These special access fees are considered competitive fees.

Auditel investigates each long distance phone bill for access fees and many other charges and will ensure you are only paying for the fees that are valid. We recover any refunds due to billing errors or tariff violations.

Are you getting the best long distance phone rates?

The long distance phone provider you choose and the contracts you sign determine the long distance phone rates you will pay. These long distance contracts need to be audited to determine if you are paying the correct rates and fees for all your lines.

Auditel can help you by investigating your long distance phone rates or teach you how to investigate them.

Long distance phone provider information:

For long distance phone providers visit these websites:

AT&T
BellSouth
Qwest
SBC
Verizon

Optional long distance phone service - Voice over IP long distance for less:

Want to try Voice over IP?

Personal Options:

If you're interested in trying Voice over IP personally you can read up on Vonage, AT&T, and Earthlink. Another Voice over IP option is dialpad.com for a low cost per minute fee you can make calls all over the world.

Business Options:

Auditel includes a free consultation if you mention you visited our website. Our telecom audit expense management will save your company approximately 36% and there are no carrier changes required. Auditel Inc. provides telecom training to increase the knowledge of your telecom staff. A large rent to own company took our telecom training Phase 1 and Phase 3 about six months ago, now they have realized over a million dollars in telecom savings. This all happened with no carrier changes. You can make a difference in the telecom department in your company as well. Make the call that will really count 1-800-473-5655. View some of our client interviews for more examples of everyday savings. For all of your telecom business options call 1-800-473-5655 and ask for a free consultation now.

Most of the Telephone Service Providers above provide IP Phone Service and Voice over IP for corporate clients as well with high end equipment and features like web maintenance, etc.

Auditel provides the auditing service for corporate IP phone service bills and invoices.

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