borborpa
Slipping Slowly Into Oblivion
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| reply to djrobx
Re: I don't get it...
But here's the problem, there is a base price for DSL, then fees of top of it. The telco fees vary in different areas, so you could pay less than me in fees and taxes. The ISP's can't possibly advertise the correct pricing for every area, just like the bell's don't.
If you're going to bitch about this, make sure you bitch about your telephone bill too. Verizon told me that it's $25.95 for my phone service, but I pay another $10-15 or so in fees and such. I don't see why anyone isn't complaining about that too. Have you looked at your wireless bill ever?? It's the same way.
The difference is whether or not the ISP advertises that the price is before taxes and fees or not. As long as they say they charge taxes and fees on top of the price, it's OK. If there is no mention of it until afterwards, I take issue.
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Jason Levine
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| What djrobx was saying (and I agree with him) is it's perfectly ok to have line items on your bill. In fact, I'd like to see where my monthly fee is coming from. But apart from sales tax, the total of the line items should be the advertised price. It shouldn't be advertised price plus some extras that we won't talk about until you get the first bill.
If they can't account for regional differences, then they should just advertise one price. Sure they would not be making as much in some markets, but in other markets they would be making much more.
And I do resent the fact that my ~$30 phone plan comes to ~$45 before I make a single call. I think the phone companies should be required to follow this as well.
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