I'm going to post this info right here for Ms. Clements or anyone else who wants to comment.
We have 4 lines, 1 combination fax line/DSL line.
Our long distance carrier is AT&T and they are way overcharging us. I have a high bill of over $300 and a low bill of about $150. All our long distance calls seem to be "peak" on the AT&T bill and charges anywhere from $0.23 to $0.94 per minute.
The low bill was for:
Interstate - 1 hour 11 minutes
In-state - 1 hour 4 minutes
International - 19 mintues
The high bill was for:
Interstate - 3 hour 36 minutes
In-state - 1 hour 44 minutes
International - 0
Looks to me like we're averaging a charge of about $0.70-0.72 per minute which seems outrageous to me.
The local bill (Verizon) is $430 to $455 per month. We're being charged for:
Business lines 5 x $39.50
Line hunt service 3 x $6.25 (why do we have this? would not our PBX do the hunting?)
Interstate access charges 5 x $9.50
Advanced Data services $38.10
DSL $32.50
plus the charges for "Tri-Wide" calling which look okay unless there is a better option
and directory charges that don't look right.
and there may be other things I have not even figured out yet.
jw
