Negotiate Out of Fees or Host Conferencing In House

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If usf charges start showing up on your bill in the coming months, check your contract, Boothby advises. Look for a clause prohibiting the audio conference provider from charging you for its cost of doing business.rnSuch a clause could save you from paying the USF fee that service providers will try to add on to your bills. The FCC assesses USF on carriers and doesn't mandate that they get reimbursed from their customers. Argue that the USF is simply a cost for the provider to do business, Boothby says.rnIf you have verbiage in your teleconferencing service contract that would get you out of paying USF, don't be surprised if your teleconferencing provider suddenly wants to renegotiate your contract, notes David Roberts, president of telecom finance management firm Teligistics, in The Woodlands, Texas.