| Billing Increment |
Blocks of time, usually 1 second or 30 second blocks, which are used by a service provider to calculate the cost of a call. Example: If a mobile phone plan states that calls are billed per 30 seconds, then calls lasting 3 sec, 14 sec and 30 sec will all be billed the same; as one 30 second billing increment. However, a 31 sec call will be billed as two billing increments. Example: If a mobile phone deal states that calls are to be billed in 1 second increments, then all calls are billed per second. Typically, billing in 1 sec increments will be approximately 3.5% cheaper than billing in 30 second increments.
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