Sprint, T-Mobile Take Regulatory Battle to Supremes
Hipocrites
So let me get this straight...
Phone service is one of the most taxed utilities, with taxes in some cases averaging over 20% of the total phone bills. Of that 20%, 80% is often levied by the individual state.
Example:
New York
State & Local Taxes: 16.23%
Federal Excise: 3%
Federal USF: 2.48%
(see what your state is at: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/06/c z_sw_0606cellphone.html click on the map link to see individual states.)
Now the states (the same folks levying phone tax rates that look like European VAT rates) are suggesting that fees paid by T-mo and SN can't be passed through to the customer? The .80 to $1.00 of pass-through charges pale in comparison to the $10 of tax I pay. Tell me this is becaus...
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Phone service is one of the most taxed utilities, with taxes in some cases averaging over 20% of the total phone bills. Of that 20%, 80% is often levied by the individual state.
Example:
New York
State & Local Taxes: 16.23%
Federal Excise: 3%
Federal USF: 2.48%
(see what your state is at: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/06/c z_sw_0606cellphone.html click on the map link to see individual states.)
Now the states (the same folks levying phone tax rates that look like European VAT rates) are suggesting that fees paid by T-mo and SN can't be passed through to the customer? The .80 to $1.00 of pass-through charges pale in comparison to the $10 of tax I pay. Tell me this is becaus...
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I'd rather pay an extra $0.86 on my bill per line than get less minutes with another carrier. By no means am I a T-Mobile fanboy. I'm all about cost and this company works for me where I live.
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I am glad to be on Prepaid
I use T-Mobile prepaid, it works for me. I use only like 5 to 10 minutes a week so I use prepaid because it is better than paying a lot for minutes I will never use.
The nice thing is the only way T-Mobile would be able to charge me for recovery fees is if they up their costs on prepaid services (which they might do if they win, and what they would raise would be prepaid text message rates, download costs, instant messages and picture messages)
I don't think T-Mobile would up the cost of their prepaid refill options.
I love prepaid because it is very flexible and I use it to my advantage so T-Mobile does not make extra on me.
The nice thing is the only way T-Mobile would be able to charge me for recovery fees is if they up their costs on prepaid services (which they might do if they win, and what they would raise would be prepaid text message rates, download costs, instant messages and picture messages)
I don't think T-Mobile would up the cost of their prepaid refill options.
I love prepaid because it is very flexible and I use it to my advantage so T-Mobile does not make extra on me.
Wait, let me make sure I understand.
You have T-Mobile Prepaid.
It works for you.
You love prepaid.
You like typing T-Mobile.
And it works for you?
You have T-Mobile Prepaid.
It works for you.
You love prepaid.
You like typing T-Mobile.
And it works for you?
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