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.
-----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@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 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.2/1965 - Release Date: 02/23/09 18:22:00 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users