Try buying a transport circuit directly from at&t, they charge 60% in fees!
On Wed, Apr 1, 2026, 1:08 PM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Fees are by definition something to add to the bottom line. They are not > taxes. Fees and taxes are two different things. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM Jason McKemie < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I just had my upstream start charging "regulatory fees" for some new >> circuits. The transport is via AT&T. I've had multiple wholesale and ptp >> circuits over the years and have never paid this sort of fee. They claim >> they previously absorbed this as a cost of doing business, but the new >> owners are re-structuring how this is handled. The fees amount to almost >> 14% of the total transport. >> >> Is this an actual thing, or is it just a fake tax they're adding to pad >> their bottom line? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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