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Federal Universal Service Fee?

You're just now noticing that? It's been on phone bills since 1997.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund

reply to ccc1005
From my statement generated 6/22:

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Federal Subscriber Line and Access Recovery Charges
Effective on or about July 3, 2012, the Federal Subscriber Line Charge
(SLC) will be changed on primary and additional phone lines. In
addition, for non Lifeline customers, a per line Federal Access
Recovery Charge (ARC) is now included in the SLC or may appear as a
separate line item on the bill. The Subscriber Line Charge helps pay
for the costs of providing and maintaining the local phone network.
The ARC is a new charge that carriers are permitted to assess related
to changes to the federal rules for the rates charged between carriers
to carry telecommunications traffic.

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reply to McBane