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 Post subject: Progressive rates
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:52 am 
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n anyone comment on if I understand the progressive rates correctly

STEPCHARGE
Like a Connection charge when enter this step

CHARGE
minuterate for this step

TIMECHARGE
How long this Step should before entering next

BILLING BLOCK
Increment

Have I got is right?

Regards

Anders, Frankfurt


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:26 pm 
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Think of progressive rates as build steps on a stair. But keep in mind that in a2billing, you can define a maximum of 4 steps: Step A, B and C and the regulat flat rate. After running the last step, the rate will default to the regular flat rate. The following drawing shows you some possibilities that you can do:

One Step:
Code:
         ____...Flat...
_..A..__/

_..A..__
        \____...Flat...



Two steps:
Code:
                  ____...Flat...
         _..B..__/
_..A..__/

         _..B..__
_..A..__/        \
                  \____...Flat...

_..A..__
        \_..B..__
                 \___...Flat...


                   ___...Flat...
_..A..__          /___...Flat...
        \_..B..__/
                 \___...Flat...

These examples show only 1 or 2 steps. Feel free to experiment the 3 steps progressive billing. Here, you can see that I have not shown any situation where the rate in step B is the same as the flat rate (the regular rateinitial). That's because it would be wiser in such situation to use only step A after which the rateinitial will be used.

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STEPCHARGE
Like a Connection charge when enter this step

CHARGE
minuterate for this step

TIMECHARGE
How long this Step should before entering next

BILLING BLOCK
Increment

Have I got is right?


Yes you go it right.

If you want to ignore a block, simply remove its content. A2Billing will then use 0 by default.

Important: Use the block in the correct order. You can only do one of the following:

- Standard flat rate alone (no step A, no Step B, no Step C). This is what most users are doing.
- Standard flat rate & Step A only (no Step B, no Step C)
- Standard flat rate & Step A & Step B only (no Step C)
- Standard flat rate & Step A & Step B & Step C

Note: The rates of the steps does now have to follow any pattern. Each step can go up and down an last a long as you want.

Does that help?

Cheers

A. Siby


Last edited by asiby on Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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 Post subject: Prog rate
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:36 pm 
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Did you really get this correct

Standard flat rate alone (no step A, no Step B, no Step C). This is what most users are doing.
- Standard flat rate & Step A only (no Step B, no Step C)
- Standard flat rate & Step B & Step C only (no Step C)
- Standard flat rate & Step A & Step C & Step C

This progressive rate is very common in all Calling Card platforms


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:11 pm 
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No. That's why my mother told me never to overuse the copy/paste function. I will edit the post.


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 Post subject: Re: Progressive rates
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:18 pm 
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Thanks Abdoulaye,

Very helpful. Will test progressive rates according to your description, and post the result here.

Burak


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 Post subject: Re: Progressive rates
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:57 am 
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berkin wrote:
Thanks Abdoulaye,

Very helpful. Will test progressive rates according to your description, and post the result here.

Burak


I have been able to configure and test the progressive rates as described here by asiby. Works fine.

The only parameter that is still unclear to me (but can kinda guess) is

announce time correction (by default equals 1)

Can anyone explain how it may be wisely used?

Burak


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