Eleven Ways to Save on Your Telecom Spend in 90 Days or Less

1. Request a complete spreadsheet inventory of your voice and data services from your carrier.
2. Review the inventory to see if you are being billed for unused services.
3. Eliminate unnecessary wire maintenance plans.
4. Make sure you’re receiving package discounts for your phone line features.
5. Negotiate a volume discount on your analog lines.
6. Reclassify your circuits to “Interstate” to avoid S25 surcharges.
7. Make sure the number of analog lines you have equals the number of Customer Access Line or Federal Access Line charges.
8. Call each of your phone lines to see if someone answers. If there’s no answer, check to see if it is a modem or alarm line. Disconnect lines that aren’t in use.
9. Request a usage study from your carrier to determine if you have the proper amount of lines or trunks. Your PBX vendor may be able to provide a similar report.
10. Match up your carrier contracts to their bills. Make sure there are no discrepancies.
11. If the long distance portion of your bill totals $500 or more at any one of your locations, consider implementing a long distance T1.