Least Cost Routing
Least Cost Routing takes advantage of mulit-carrier routing by:
- Controlling carrier contracts by ensuring you meet higher cost carrier minimums and then route the balance of traffic to lower cost carriers
- Taking advantage of different rates through the use of geographical or time of day routing
- Testing new carriers by sending a portion of traffic to an alternate carrier until you are satisfied with their service
- Choose carriers by contract specifications like on-net and off-net
Traffic can be split by carrier as follows:
- Geography (LATA, State, area code, NPA/NXX)
- Time of day /Day of week
- Percentage allocation
Published Article: Inbound LCR Gains Ground, by Aelea Christofferson
