Rise (the artist formerly known as Digis) has a $2.27 'Carrier Recovery Fee' on top of all of the USF, e911, and such. Maybe this is the same mystery fee? They also have $1.50 ATA rental and $7.50 radio rental....but who needs to put all of that crap in their marketing?? Maybe we are all supposed to be charging this magical fee. Maybe someday the 'carrier recovery' goons are going to stop by with baseball bats looking for their cut. You never know....
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 12:43 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >
