Is there a surcharge for a short duration outbound call?

Yes, but a minimum of 100 calls have to be made during a monthly billing cycle before the short duration surcharges take effect. After 100 calls, if 15% or more of the calls are short duration calls, then those calls are assessed a short duration surcharge at the prevailing rate.

Scenario 1

A customer has a total of 100 outbound completed calls in a billing cycle. Of the 100 completed calls, 10 are short duration calls. In this case, the customer invoice does not include a surcharge for short duration calls because only 10% of the calls were of short duration.

Scenario 2

A customer has a total of 100 outbound completed calls in a billing cycle. Of the 100 completed calls, 20 are short duration calls. In this case, the customer invoice does include a surcharge for short duration calls because more than 15% of the calls were of short duration.