goldstein@delni.DEC.COM (Fred R. Goldstein dtn226-7388) (08/22/86)
While most companies consider their actual phone bills to be proprietary information, one guideline commonly used by consultants, PBX companies etc. is to expect a usage bill to average $50/month/phone. So if a company has 1000 phones, their annual phone bill, exclusive of equipment, runs about $600k. Of course there's a HUGE range of variation around that seat-of-the-pants number. If Aberdeen has 12k employees and $25k monthly bill, then they're making most of their calls off the bill. Perhaps the $25k bill is for the local phone company only, and most usage is on Autovon and FTS. Heavy e-mail users run smaller phone bills. Purchasing agent types run huge bills; if they don't, they're not doing their job! fred