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Telecom Bill Audit Checklist

The exact process we use to audit client bills. Work through it with your last three invoices and you will find what is genuinely recoverable and what is not, before anyone quotes you a potential monthly savings before any negotiation starts.

Before you start

Collect the last three months of invoices from every telecom vendor - internet, phone, mobile, data circuits, cloud, and any managed services. List every vendor name, account number, and monthly cost in one spreadsheet, and note who internally manages each relationship.

Then note each contract's expiration date and auto-renewal terms. Auto-renewals often lock you in for one to three years at above-market rates, and they are the single most expensive thing on most bills.

What is in the checklist

Five sections, worked in order.

What people find

3
INVOICES NEEDED
Your most recent three bills per carrier. That is enough to see the pattern.
4
PLACES MONEY HIDES
Dead circuits, auto-renewed rates, duplicate services, and the wrong tier for the site.
$0
COST TO RUN IT
Work through it yourself. Nothing here needs us.

After you finish

1

Cancel the obvious

Anything you could not identify or confirm in use comes off the bill first. That work needs no negotiation.

2

Request credits in writing

Carriers must refund legitimate billing errors. Put the request in writing with the invoice lines cited.

3

Competitively bid anything expiring within six months

That is your negotiation window. Bring a carrier-neutral advisor into it so the carriers are bidding against each other rather than against your patience.

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