Topic 'Re: What's the solution?? Is there one???' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508523 en Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:12 EDT Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:12 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11511172 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11511172 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:29:05 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509988 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509988 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:19:01 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509971 said by 91439306:
said by Drex:
Right...I stayed at a hotel in Dallas and was charged like 50 cents per day for long distance and local calls.


Ha! You think that's bad? When I stayed in Washington DC a couple of years ago, I made ONE data call to get my mail with my laptop computer. The connection was slow enough to cause e-mail download to take about 20 minutes. The hotel billed me $78 for that call!
that's what we call profit at the expense of your convenient!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509971 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:17:28 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509342 said by Drex:
Right...I stayed at a hotel in Dallas and was charged like 50 cents per day for long distance and local calls.


Ha! You think that's bad? When I stayed in Washington DC a couple of years ago, I made ONE data call to get my mail with my laptop computer. The connection was slow enough to cause e-mail download to take about 20 minutes. The hotel billed me $78 for that call!
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WTF?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11509280 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:59:57 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508946 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508946 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:25:10 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508904 --
Final Fantasy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508904 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:20:24 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508854 said by justin:

Hotels just got wacked over this, as they charged all kinds of things on top of the room rate.

Right...I stayed at a hotel in Dallas and was charged like 50 cents per day for long distance and local calls. I asked them about it because I didn't make any calls. I was told they just put that in there just in case and they'll be more than happy to remove it. WHY SHOULD I EVEN HAVE TO ASK?

Back to the topic at hand...I was SOOOOO pissed off when BellSouth started with that "Universal 'It's not a tax' Fund". In fact I threatened to leave and would have if I had an equivalent alternative in broadband. Unfortunately I'm stuck paying the $2.95 fee that's supposed to go towards God only knows what. I asked for an explanation of this fee and was given such a BS answer that I had to shake my head in disgust.
You're right Justin. It is time to take a stand.
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$18.24 plus $3.04 tax - dial tone
$.21 number portability - taxed at .04
fus $.57 and then a tax on that for .10
FCC line charge $6.38 plus $1.06 tax
Service order change $56.00 (asking for new service!)
Line Charge $50.05
Premise visit Charge $19.00 (for a guy to go "yep" there is a line here)
Installation Charge $18.21 (there was no install)
Modular jack $3.42 (there was no new jack)
rate adjustment .21 and they tax it!!! .11
Ny gross income tax surcharge .02
other charges (unspecified) .13
municipal surcharge - $3.34
NY State/MTA surcharge ...(huh?) $5.65

LOCAL CALLS: $2.37 with tax on that...

$35.00 phone bill turned into $206.18
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Phone service: $16.70

Misc. taxes and ripoffs: $16.30

total: $33

Somethings just not right when taxes almost equal the phone bill.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508606 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:42:52 EDT Re: What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508587 said by angryinch:

What's the solution???
Write to pro-consumer groups, ombudsmen type authorities, or other regulatory authorities in chage of investigating unfair advertising complaining that fees are creeping in above the (advertised) line cost.
Hotels just got wacked over this, as they charged all kinds of things on top of the room rate.
If there are no rules to cover these tricks, then write to your state rep or senator and complain that there are insufficient regulations covering price advertising for broadband products, or they are not policed properly.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508587 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:41:00 EDT What's the solution?? Is there one??? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508523
So, what option do we have? I could always cancel my service but then I would have to live without a phone, internet, cell phone, satellite, or cable.

What can we do about it? I could call and complain, but does anyone really think they would take all this crap off my bill??? They add these charges so gradually that sure, we complain about the first one for a while...then we get used to it...as soon as we get used to it, BAM!!! They hit us with another one...before we realize it, we have 3 or 4 of these "fees" tacked on to our bills and by that time we can do absolutely nothing about it.

What's the solution???]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Whats-the-solution-Is-there-one-11508523 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:32:35 EDT