DotMac
Shill H8r
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join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA
| reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: Unfees are marketing/lobbying efforts against regulation
Why when they could put it right on the bill with all of the other BS itemizing.
This has nothing with telcos "campaigning" for lower government regulation and everything about them wanting to advertise stuff for less than the real price.
It's just like the "number portability fee" that netted companies like Sprint $60 million a year.
Truth in advertising whether it's about stupid caps and traffic shaping or what stuff costs.
My cable HSI for example is exactly to the penny the price I was quoted by Time Warner when I ordered online.
Online they quoted the price as $44.95 plus $10.00 for the extreme tier. When I get my bill it's $44.95 plus $10 for the extreme tier...no junk fees, unfees or other lies.
Compare that to my Verizon DSL bill where I had just for DSL, a nrecovery fee that amounted to nearly 10% of my service cost. And this was a different recovery fee from one charged on the POTS portion of that same copper. »BellSouth, Speakeasy join Verizon on Bogus 'Fees'
Telcos much be compelled to do the same as cable. If it's a REAL tax 100% of which is paid DIRECTLY to a state board or equalization (eg a sales tax) then yeah, itemize it 'cause the customer isn't paying it to the telco...every penny goes to the state. But these other BS "recovery" fees must go as they're a cost of business like all other overhead. |
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mikenolan7
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join:2005-06-07
Torrance, CA | You mean they are charging "recovery" fees to their customers for their network? They same networks that we are repeatedly reminded in posts here that "belong to the ISP's"? |
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bigpapap3213
@verizon.net | reply to DotMac
Re: Unfees are marketing/lobbying efforts against regulation
what are you talking about, you are surely mistaken.
On my Time warner cable bill I have a $4.14 franchise fee, and a $.06 fcc regulatory fee.
And I dont even have telephone line with them. |
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DotMac
Shill H8r
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join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA
| Franchises fees are only for television services and go to the local gov't much like a tax. I don't know what your FCC regulatory fee is. It sure sounds like a bullcrap un-fee and I don't have such a fee on my bill. But I only have HSI, no telephony or CATV. |
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alpha1111
join:2007-12-13
San Antonio, TX
| reply to DotMac
My cable HSI for example is exactly to the penny the price I was quoted by Time Warner when I ordered online.
Online they quoted the price as $44.95 plus $10.00 for the extreme tier. When I get my bill it's $44.95 plus $10 for the extreme tier...no junk fees, unfees or other lies.
Are you billed an FCC fee? and I Franchise Fee?
Time Warner San Antonio Customers are, and Comcast In Houston is worse.
I will not get time warner because they took channel 20 public access off basic cable but still bill you for the service (paying for services I don't get) you have to have their BS box $7.99 and Digital Cable another $5 to get that one channel. I wonder if Dave Leitt's Worst show is still on that channel I remember back then when they were Paragon TJ Connally (the peeper) made a big stink about him circa 1996.
I wont pay sprint to have a equalizer for the 911 they can have bass in it if an emergency strikes.  |
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DotMac
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join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA | No. Those fees apply only to CATV service I guess. My HSI bill only has my HSI fees which are exactly what I was quoted. And certainly no junk "un" fees. |
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