FCC Lays Down 'Bill Shock' Proposal
I can see why they want to get involved but...
It really is the responsibility of the customer to monitor such usage.
And really, we get enough taxes as it is already. What they are not telling you is that, even though the cell phone companies will foot the bill to enforce this kind of legislation despite the lowered revenue, the government will be increasing their taxes ANYWAY and claiming they are helping.
On the flip side, the cellular companies set a specific value on their minutes/data/texts through different rate plans. I don't understand how 450 minutes are worth 40.00 (averaging out to roughly 11 cents a minute) while if you go over your monthly alloted minutes the rate jumps up to 45 cents a minute, thats 4x the price! It gets even worse when you talk about the assigned ...
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And really, we get enough taxes as it is already. What they are not telling you is that, even though the cell phone companies will foot the bill to enforce this kind of legislation despite the lowered revenue, the government will be increasing their taxes ANYWAY and claiming they are helping.
On the flip side, the cellular companies set a specific value on their minutes/data/texts through different rate plans. I don't understand how 450 minutes are worth 40.00 (averaging out to roughly 11 cents a minute) while if you go over your monthly alloted minutes the rate jumps up to 45 cents a minute, thats 4x the price! It gets even worse when you talk about the assigned ...
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If you look at the earnings statements for the carriers you will see that they depend on overages for revenue growth.
Some of those fees you see are cost recovery fees. The govenment imposes fees on the carrier and does not allow the carrier to call them a tax.
Since they go up and down it makes no sense to cover them inside the plan. They are not the same company to company or state to state.
Some of those fees you see are cost recovery fees. The govenment imposes fees on the carrier and does not allow the carrier to call them a tax.
Since they go up and down it makes no sense to cover them inside the plan. They are not the same company to company or state to state.
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the reason the overage fee is so much is because they dont make alot off of the actual plan.. the overage is where it actually is the perfect amount we have to cover all those...
just like in the activation fees. they onyl charge 35 for an activcation but its like 75 to actually activate the service so they dont make any money off of that
just like in the activation fees. they onyl charge 35 for an activcation but its like 75 to actually activate the service so they dont make any money off of that
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