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  2. Erlang (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Offered traffic (in erlangs) is related to the call arrival rate, λ, and the average call-holding time (the average time of a phone call), h, by: E = λ h {\displaystyle E=\lambda h} provided that h and λ are expressed using the same units of time (seconds and calls per second, or minutes and calls per minute).

  3. Calling Social Security? Brace for long waits as phone line ...

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    Average wait time for Social Security to answer a call: About 35 minutes ... the average time on hold was 34.7 minutes. The shortest average wait so far this year came in May, 28.8 minutes ...

  4. Interactive voice response - Wikipedia

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    An IVR can play announcements and request an input from the caller. This information can be used to profile the caller and used by an ACD to route the call to an agent with a particular skill set. Interactive voice response can be used to front-end a call center operation by identifying the needs of the caller. Information can be obtained from ...

  5. Wikipedia:Federal Standard 1037C terms - Wikipedia

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    Some of these terms should have articles and do not. Please do not copy any definitions from Federal Standard 1037C with attribution to non-Federal sources such as NATO, ITU-T, the Radio Regulations etc. as these are derived from sources not known to be in the public domain.

  6. Hold time - Wikipedia

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    Hold time may refer to: In digital electronics, the minimum amount of time the data input should be held steady after the clock event for reliable sampling; see Flip-flop (electronics)#Timing considerations; The amount of time spent in a phone queue on hold (telephone) Hold Time, by M. Ward

  7. Here's the Best Time to Call Customer Service - AOL

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    The company looked at the median response time for customer That's the finding of a new study by ZenDesk, a provider of customer service software. Here's the Best Time to Call Customer Service

  8. Call centre - Wikipedia

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    The term "call center" was first published and recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1983. The 1980s saw the development of toll-free telephone numbers to increase the efficiency of agents and overall call volume. Call centers increased with the deregulation of long-distance calling and growth in information-dependent industries. [11]

  9. Virtual queue - Wikipedia

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    Virtual queue is a concept used in both inbound call centers and other businesses to improve wait times for users. Call centers use an Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) to distribute incoming calls to specific resources (agents) in the center. ACDs hold queued calls in First In, First Out order until agents become available. Virtual queue ...