10-09-2005, 07:36 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 198
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Not true that it's "all taxes". Most of the money in these "extra fees", goes to the carriers, not the government. It's a way to pad their bills to advertise a lower price than what they actually charge.
Look at the bill and see what percentage is actually taxes. Charges like "***recovery fee", etc., are extra fees slapped on by the carriers. Each carriers extra fees are different than the others, which wouldn't be the case if it was all governmental taxes (which are the same for each locality). The government condones this practice (which IMO they shouldn't), but it is not mostly "taxes" to the government, it is more money to the carriers. The carriers are certainly not lobbying against this practice, but quite the contrary, they are lobbying to keep it.
Yes, my $39.99 per month charge ends up in a bill of over $50! That is over $20 added on. It really is rather absurd!
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