What are billing increments and why are they important?
This is a must for those who use business long distance, faxes and/or make many quick long distance calls. Most long distance carriers simply “round up” the charge for your long distance call to the next full minute. In this case if your phone call lasts 1 minute and 5 seconds, you are billed for a full 2 minutes. If you make a lot of short phone calls, it REALLY pays to find a long distance carrier who bills in six second increments. With 6-second billing increments a long distance call that lasts 1 minute and 5 seconds is billed for 1 minute and 6 seconds, providing considerably savings even over the short run.
