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NormanS
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Re: [Bill] must move to COMCAST - what "hidden" fees t

said by tshirt:

But it's not really extra ...

Probably a bad choice of words?

Order only telephone service from a LEC, or only television service from a MSO, and they cover line maintenance out of the bill. Add HSI, and there is no need for another line maintenance fee to the customer with bundled services. So the HSI service is priced without consideration of line maintenance because the customer is already paying for it.

Since the HSI price does not cover maintenance costs, unbundling HSI incurs an unrecovered maintenance cost for the service. Unless the LEC/MSO add a fee to cover maintenance costs.

tshirt
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said by NormanS:

said by tshirt:

But it's not really extra ...

Probably a bad choice of words?

Somehow it's too hard for some people here to understand
The NORMAL price is $62.95.
but if you have another service (which pays a built in $15 per account overhead charge) they discount the HSI by $15, so you don't pay the overhead fee twice.
If you have no other service, no discount applies.