Check Current Billing Rates

This procedure describes how to check the current rates for various statistics that the server uses to generate billing reports. These are:

  • Base Rates

  • Connect Time Rates

  • Mailbox Access Rates

  • Network Rates

  • User and Caller Message Rates

  • Call Placement, Future Delivery, Urgent, Wakeup Rates

  • Disk Usage Rates

  • Receipt Processing Rates

  • Pager Call Rates

To check current rates:

  1. From the Main Menu, select (R) Reports, (B) Billing, (A) Adjust Rates,and then (R) Report Rates.

  2. Select the options for the statistics you want to check, as described in the following sections:

To Check Base Rates (Keyed to FCOS)

  • Select (B) Base Rates. The server displays a list of all FCOS in numerical order and the current rate for each.

Note: FCOS from 65 to 640 are billed and reported at the rates for FCOS 64.

To Check Connect Time Rates

  1. To view rates for caller connect time, select (C) Caller Connect Rates and enter the port group number to report. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate, by line (port) group.

  2. To view rates for user connect time, select (U) User Connect Rates. No response is necessary. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate, by line (port) group.

  3. To view rates for call placement connect time, select (O) Other Rates. No response is necessary. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate under "Connect Time."

To Check Mailbox Access Rates

  1. To view rates for greetings, select (G) Greeting Rates. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate, by line (port) group.

  2. To view rates for logins, select (L) Logins Rates.

To Check Network Rates

  • To check Network rates, select (N) Network Rates. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate, by line (port) group, for Network message counts and Network message lengths.

To Check Rates for Pager Calls

  • To view rates for pager calls, select (P) Pager Calls. The server displays the current low usage rate, low/high boundary, and high usage rate for supported pager systems by access code.

To Check Other Rates

To check any of the following rates, select (O) Other Rates:

  • User and Caller Messages

  • Call Placement, Future Delivery, Urgent, or Wakeup Messages

  • Receipt Processing

  • Disk Usage