axess_denied
join:2004-07-23
Long Beach, CA
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"The surcharge helps offset costs we incur from our network supplier"
I'd love to be in a business where I could charge for a product, and then add additional fees to charge again for the same product.
This doesn't even have the appearance of being anything BUT a BS fee meant to boost profitability.
Ah well, like all the other bogus fees and surcharges, I suppose we just get to swallow them like usual.
Sure love my Voice Pulse VOIP - the price I get billed is the monthly service charge - no other crap (although perhaps that will be changing thanks to the ruling cited). |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | Here's a thought. Since the entity originally known as UUNet is now Verizon Business, aren't they their own network supplier.
They should call it a "circle jerk" fee. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
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join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
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| said by lesopp  :Here's a thought. Since the entity originally known as UUNet is now Verizon Business, aren't they their own network supplier. They've always been their own network supplier.
-tom |
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cptmiles
Premium
join:2004-04-22
Swayzee, IN | reply to lesopp
That's exactly right. Their network provider is the deregulated arm of themselves. It's like paying yourself to clean your own house and writing it off your taxes as a business expense. |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
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said by axess_denied :"The surcharge helps offset costs we incur from our network supplier" I'd love to be in a business where I could charge for a product, and then add additional fees to charge again for the same product. Don't take this as defending Verizon because I'm not, but thanks to deregulation, Verizon the telco, Verizon the backhaul provider, and Verizon the ISP are all 3 separate entities within the Verizon umbrella. They essentially have to treat each other as separate companies, "charging" one another for services provided just like they would charge Covad or other CLECs or other ISPs.
That being said, I see this fee more like just another way to raise rates (even though the net gain is close to 0) without raising the advertised rates. Now as long as they stay away from my FiOS data connection...
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