How to Effectively Compare Business Phone Plans

Before heading out and collecting quotes from different providers. It is best that you start with your needs. List down all your possible requirements in a clean sheet of paper and rethink all the items you have written down. It is also advisable that you categorize the items you have just listed down whether it is an urgent requirement or not, a luxury or a need and create another column that explains why.

After getting your requirements it is now time to seek multiple quotes from various and compare their business phone plans by using the following key points below:

Local calling charges – Compare the local calling charges whether it is a per minute basis or untimed. Blatantly it is better to pay for an untimed business phone plan rather than paying a per minute basis because local calls will be relatively used more and most of the time calls last more than 5 minutes.

National calling charges – A national call is defined as any call that is within the same country but is more than 25 KM of distance. Some providers offer a flat untimed rate for all landline calls regardless whether it is local or national whilst some charge more for national calls. It is best that you clarify the rates especially if you are operating in multiple areas to avoid paying ridiculously priced calls.

Mobile calling charges – There are quite a few considerations you need to bear in mind for mobile calls. Firstly is the actual per minute rate. Secondly is how it is being charge, whether it is billed in 60 second increments, 30 seconds or smaller. The smaller the increments the better, for an instance you are paying 20 cents per minute if the provider is billing it every 60 seconds then you are going to pay 40 cents for a 1.5 minute phone call when it should only be 30 cents if it is billed in 30 second increments. Thirdly, is the flag fall, which is a fixed start fee, some providers have flag falls on top on their dial rates whilst others don’t. So it is best that you put this on top of your list because it can save you tons of money.

International calling charges – Check the dial rates of the possible countries that you might be calling and keep a tabulated comparison handy. This will give you an idea how much you could be spending on your international calls and will also help you decide whether or not to call a number.

Line rentals – Last but not the least are line rentals. Typically this are charges you see in your bill tagged as service and equipment. Compare the cost how much does it cost to own a number across providers and how much is the cost to give the number the ability to receive and make calls which is called the channels or lines.