emptywigHuh? What?Premium
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Pasadena, TX | But What About Extra Fees and Charges? While I appreciate the time and effort taken to compile this list, I am disappointed that it omits the single biggest annoyance that comes with trying to analyze what BB is going to cost you, and that is the extra fees, taxes, and mandatory extra charges (modem rental, etc.) that are tacked on. While interesting, I don't find it particularly useful.
What I would like to see an extra section that gives us a yearly cost for service, one lump sum that represents what the broadband ACTUALLY COSTS YOU each year. That would be truly useful.
Good start, though.
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| Fees vary so drastically by provider, state and city that I figured it should be a different article entirely. There's also the touchy debate over whether many of these are legitimate fees or rate hikes disguised as below the line itemized charges that I didn't want derailing this report.... |
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emptywigHuh? What?Premium
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Pasadena, TX | Fair enough on the fees varying, but you could ask for people to send in their bills and do an average. That's be good enough, I think.
As far as the touchy debate - if its on the bill each month it doesn't matter whether people think its a surreptitious rate increase or a fee, what it IS is a charge that must be paid.
Its like gas prices. It doesn't matter to the consumer that x-percent of the price is the cost of oil, and y-percent of the price is the cost of refining, etc. All that matters to the person buying the gas is that its $3.08/gal. (or whatever)
Present it exactly like the companies present it on the bill- retail price, plus everything else below the line and tot it all up. All the rest is politics.
Cheers,
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