said by fiberguy:... what they call it and where they stuff these charges. In the end of the day, if they need or want more money, they're going to put it somewhere.
Call it a regulatory fee, and "in your face" fee, raise the cost of the basic land line, or what ever, rates are going to go up.
When people tend to call for competition hoping it's going to fix the alleged problem, when has competition really helped these micro changes? never...
The ONLY way anyone will ever affect and get change is to cut the service out of their life. The more people that do it, the more these providers will change.. and for the FEW that DO cut the cord, they get back more than just these $3.50 fees.. they're often called back with 50% off offers.. while they may only last 3 months, it sounds to me like they get their gripe back ($3.50 or what ever) and then some...
So I really don't see why people work themselves up so much about this.. besides, in this case, a $7 fee was removed and a circa $3 took it's place.. to me, it sounds like a $4 savings.. so this makes front page news?
I don't get it.
Perhaps you failed to read the article listed??
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