US Broadband Price Comparisons > But What About Extra Fees and Charges?

reply to emptywig

Re: But What About Extra Fees and Charges?

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,

wig
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