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Blog 'cellphones' » Sprint seeks to add 93 cents to bills for hurricane costs

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) -- Sprint wants to charge its two million Florida customers an extra $.93 a month each to pay for damage from last year's unprecedented four hurricanes.

Sprint has filed a petition with the Public Service Commission, asking to put the charge on bills over the next two years to collect more than $30 million.

The company says hundreds of thousands of its customers lost service during the storms and that it sustained millions of dollars of damage to its facilities and that its current rate structure doesn't have hurricane cost recovery built in.

The Office of Public Counsel, the Legislature's consumer advocate, will have a chance to argue before the PSC on the matter. It's not clear yet when the commissioners will hear the case and make a decision, although it won't be before July 1st.

From Here: »www.wtsp.com/news/news.a ··· id=14476
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djdanska
Rudie32
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djdanska

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Part of doing business..

Maybe it's just me but i thought that when you provide a service like that in florida (or for that matter, anywhere!) , you understood the risks and prepare for them. Oh well... Yet another charge on bills. Hopefully other carriers do something to prevent this.

Smokey
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Smokey

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Re: Part of doing business..

I agree... Has sprint never heard of insurance?

djdanska
Rudie32
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djdanska

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Correction...

Well, major correction. This is for sprint landline. But regardles.. My post above still applys... Sorry!