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The UK Logistics Company That Saved £52,000 on Phone Costs in Year One

A 65-person logistics company operating from 3 depots across the Midlands was paying £4,340/month for phone services. After migrating to DialPhone, they saved £52,080 in the first year alone.

The Starting Point

Depot Lines Monthly
HQ (Birmingham) 2 PRIs (46 channels) £1,840
Coventry ISDN30 (30 channels) £1,200
Leicester ISDN30 (30 channels) £1,200
Mobile twinning (18 drivers) Feature add-on £90
Maintenance BT contract £210
Total £4,540

Peak usage across all depots: 22 concurrent calls. They were paying for 106 channels. 84 channels sat idle generating zero calls.

The Migration

Week Activity
1 Assessment + DialPhone configuration
2 Testing on temporary numbers across all 3 depots
3 Staff training + number porting submitted
4 Ports complete, full switch

New monthly cost: 65 × £24 = £1,560.

The Year 1 Impact

Metric Before After
Monthly cost £4,540 £1,560
Annual cost £54,480 £18,720
Savings — £35,760
Driver mobile app adoption 0% 100%
After-hours calls answered 0% 58%
CRM auto-logging 0% 100%
Additional revenue from recovered calls — £16,000+
Total year-one benefit — £52,000+

For a free UK logistics company phone system analysis, visit DialPhone.

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