I don’t know if you are literally referring to the modem rental fee, or the latest FCC thing which is the Set Top Box rental fee.
I have a sliver of sympathy for the cable companies on the STB, when people quote how much the cost has gone up over some time period like the last 10 years. I think they’re forgetting how little a STB did 10 years ago compared to today. Most notably incorporating a DVR and a whole bunch of tuners so you can record 4, 6, 10 shows plus watch TV. We used to spend something like $200 for an external TiVO with much less functionality. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 12:43 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Centurylink Bogus Fees Comcast gets slammed over the modem rental fee. Do a web search (assuming you won't use Google =) for it, it's so common even your bad search engines will come up with it. If you look at any DSL/phone (land/cell)/cable bill the charges are only 3/4 of the actual bill. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net> wrote: I was just helping my daughter setup Centurylink DSL service at her new house. They advertise $29.95/month for the service, but when you call and talk to the rep, there is an additional "Internet Recovery Fee" of $1.99/month. When I asked for specifics about that fee, all she could say was "everyone gets charged that... it's how we keep the network running and stuff". I think she even tried to throw something about the FCC into the conversation once. Amazing that they can add all these "fees" on top of the advertised price and nobody has an issue with it. I don't understand why they don't just advertise $1/month internet and then add $29.99/month for their "Internet recovery fee". LOL Travis