iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. in All Things Macintosh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18611840 en Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:20:31 EDT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:20:31 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18764221 Nancymca : See *one* example?

They're *all* like that! What makes her think any other cell provider doesn't do the same? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18764221 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:32:39 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18764110 corster :
said by Razor155 See Profile :

FWIW

Liz Pulliam Weston of MSN money did an article on cell phones plans and linked to this thread to illustrate the cost of the iphone.
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customers who pay $40 a month for service -- found their bills spiraling well over $100 once activation fees, data plans, surcharges and taxes were added in. (See one example.)


»articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Sa···ely.aspx
Only flawed in the fact that the first bill covers 2 months of service, which she neglected to mention.
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Liz Pulliam Weston of MSN money did an article on cell phones plans and linked to this thread to illustrate the cost of the iphone.
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customers who pay $40 a month for service -- found their bills spiraling well over $100 once activation fees, data plans, surcharges and taxes were added in. (See one example.)


»articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Sa···ely.aspx
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18754782 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:18:30 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18749160 jmirabella :
said by aggie :

I dont know why you are surprised, you were told about all your charges, including prorated charges, regulatory fees and taxes and one time charges on a service summary at time of purchase. by the way regulatory fees vary from state to state and some are a % of your bill.
I am not surprised at all.. I was just posting a first bill..

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at time of purchase I was in an apple store.. they had no prorate charges, etc.. you buy a phone and take it home to activate..

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said by kfsutops See Profile :

said by RiseAbove See Profile :

Why do you have a $30 charge for "long distance access"..what the hell is that? Your plan includes long distance.
LOL, Get a ruler and line up your rows... :)
sorry I missed that, people in the CARE market have such hard to read bills.
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said by RiseAbove See Profile :

Why do you have a $30 charge for "long distance access"..what the hell is that? Your plan includes long distance.
LOL, Get a ruler and line up your rows... :)
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said by jmirabella See Profile :

what does it have to do with the iPhone, every mobile phone has those taxes?
Exactly why this post needs to be in a wireless forum as the charges are not iPhone specific. :)
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said by tommy3rd See Profile :

i guess it's the same with other carriers...
Just compare that to any other carrier, and you'll see that your bill has the lowest 'overhead' of any of the major carriers ... There are good reasons for that - believe me when I tell you that your carrier works very hard to make sure that you don't pay any more of those than you have to.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18617228 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:59:43 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18617066 jmirabella : what does it have to do with the iPhone, every mobile phone has those taxes?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18617066 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:26:48 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18617054 Tommyastro : America sure loves to bend over it's people...What a rip off....

They can Shove that iPhone....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18617054 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:22:47 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18615649 corster : all the surcharges combined are still cheaper than that damn $6.95/$8.95 system access fee (ie carrier profit) thats added on to almost every plan on the big 3 in canada.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18615635 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:55:11 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18614609 Cliffy : Gotta love the gaul of those carriers!

regulatory cost recovery charge .086



They added this charge at the exact amount after the government dropped a surcharge for network infrastructure cost, "Federal Universal Service Fund".

So now they get to keep that money!
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said by jmirabella See Profile :

MTA telecom surcharge?
That's what you get for living in the big city...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18611901 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:28:51 EDT Re: iPhone bill #1 - for those curious.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18611875 HiVolt : Gotta love all those bogus surcharges... how shit like that is legal is beyond me.
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mods, move to Wireless if thats where it belongs, but I figured it would interest more people here..
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