How to calculate call costs with BT?

alisonjanea

I have been given a small freelance job to phone businesses to see if they would like a quote for equipment. I am doing this work for a member of my family and obviously want to be fair in how much I charge them for the calls. Is there a device I can fit to my phone that would tell me how much each call cost? I am with BT. I know I could work it out via itemised billing - can I get this info online or would I have to wait for my quarterly bill?

Thanks,
Alison

notbritishgas

alisonjanea wrote: »

I have been given a small freelance job to phone businesses to see if they would like a quote for equipment. I am doing this work for a member of my family and obviously want to be fair in how much I charge them for the calls. Is there a device I can fit to my phone that would tell me how much each call cost? I am with BT. I know I could work it out via itemised billing - can I get this info online or would I have to wait for my quarterly bill?

Thanks,
Alison

If you sign up to online billing, as well as getting a reduced line rental (paperless billing) you can also see the details of calls made without waiting for the quarterly bill to be produced. The calls normally take about 2 days to appear as "recent calls" on your online account.

alisonjanea

That's brilliant - thanks for such a speedy reply.

alisonjanea

McKneff

Good information notbritishgas, BT do a call logger but they are enormously expensive.

Have you thought of changing your telephone cal provider, bt are really expensive in comparison

Heinz

alisonjanea wrote: »

I have been given a small freelance job to phone businesses to see if they would like a quote for equipment. I am doing this work for a member of my family and obviously want to be fair in how much I charge them for the calls. Is there a device I can fit to my phone that would tell me how much each call cost? I am with BT. I know I could work it out via itemised billing - can I get this info online or would I have to wait for my quarterly bill?

Thanks,
Alison

As you currently have a BT landline and if the calls you will be making are to UK geographical numbers (starting 01 or 02) why not just sign up for a 1899, 18185 or 18866 so that each call costs 5p and you have an almost instant online call log.

Bufflowbill

anniehanlon wrote: »

Have you thought of changing your telephone cal provider, bt are really expensive in comparison

To whom are they really expensive in comparism to ? They offer 24/7 geographical calls for £4.95 a month (12 month contract), ideal for home based telemarketer.