said by DMS1 :

I can accept the 911 fees since they are for a service that is now mandated and which wasn't when most VOIP providers defined their pricing models. However, AT&T states: "This fee helps AT&T recover costs associated with providing state-to-state and international long distance service ..." which means that they are charging this new fee to cover the costs of the core service that they exist to provide. This is just a price increase by any other name.