FCC Plans to Overhaul Universal Service Fund

You're right. You would be allowed out of your contract. Your reward? Going to another carrier that is doing the exact same thing. So the only thing you would have accomplished is having a way out of your contract, but you didnt manage to avoid the thing you are complaining about.

Well all im saying is this is what happens when the left control the country! MORE FEE's, Taxes, and Hell!

Geez I thought that was the reason I payed my bill. So that the company I use could take the money earned to expand their coverage in those "rural" areas... its another reason for our government to nickel and dime us.... a buck doesn't sound like much til u add up the 300+ million who have a cell phone bill. Let me do the math..... roughly 4 billion.. sounds like a nice pay check...

Since when does "300+ moiilon" x $1 = $4 billion? Shouldn't it be 300+ million? Were you adjusting for some kind of time period?

dunno if that was what he was doing, but it was roughly 1 year of the charge

I don't believe that this allows you out of your contract. I know that Verizon Wireless has this covered:

What Charges Are Set by Verizon Wireless?
You agree to pay all access, usage and other charges that you or the user of your wireless device incurred. Our charges include Federal Universal Service, Regulatory and Administrative Charges, and we may also include other charges related to our governmental costs. We set these charges; they aren't taxes, they aren't required by law, they are kept by us in whole or in part, and the amounts and what they pay for may change.

If your contract says you will only pay a $1.49 charge but then raises it to $1.99... you can leave. This is wha sprint constantly does ever January but you only have 30 days to opt out of it.

Actually, this is a nicety by Sprint. As with Verizon (and probably ATT, should check sometime), the terms of service clearly state that the fee may change at any time. Note that the quoted Verizon agreement does not state the value of the charge, only that it may be charged and the charge may change at anytime.

One thing many don't realize is that a lot of the fees they are being charged are not locked in by the contracts; very rarely, if ever, does a contract state an exact price on anything beyond 'We can charge this fee, and if we do, you will pay it'

Well, it's a good thing that Verizon Wireless' Terms & Conditions say no such thing. 😛

So now what? Gonna give Clem the inbred redneck a free Virgin Mobile Broadband2go card along with his free Net 10 phone on money I'm forced to pay?

He's gotta be able to surf "Barnyard Beauties" at high speed man! Give Clem a break!

Depends on who your contract is with; you may want to read it more closely. The Sprint terms of service do state that the fees may change at any time with or without warning. Now, granted, they have been kind enough with recent changes (Administrative fee increase and spending limit fees) to allow customers to leave freely within 30-days of the change, but the terms of service state they didn't have to.