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Telecom Carriers Use Deceptive Advertising

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sleaze-and-fees dept.

theodp writes "Regulatory Programs Fee. It sure sounds like a government tax. It isn't. The latest addition to T-Mobile's monthly bill is merely the latest example of telephone companies passing their own cost of doing business to customers with an array of surcharges that one might easily mistake for taxes being collected on behalf of the government. With millions of subscribers at each company, these less-than-forthright fees add billions of dollars per year in extra revenue without raising advertised rates."

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  1. Telus by Malicious · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I have a phone on Canada's TELUS TALK 30 Plan.

    The idea is: $30/month for talk 30.
    Great.
    +$6.95 Network Licencing Fee
    +$2.75 Taxes

    Total is almost $40/month for a plan called '30'.

    It's not as bad as it is in the states, but it's still deceitful.

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  2. Re:What I Want to Know is ... by TheMysteriousFuture · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Somebody did the very thing you mention...Not with their phone company but their gas (water, electric...something like that) company IIRC...Not sure but I believe I saw the link to the story on /. in a comment...maybe if I remember I'll dig it up...

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