You are correct in your interpretation. You have successfully separated the game from the truth.
On 03/02/2010 07:58 PM, SIP wrote: > I understand paying USF. That's not an issue. > > But, and I will quote the regulations that were quoted to me: > > "All telecommunications service providers and certain other providers of > telecommunications must contribute to the federal USF based on a > percentage of their INTERSTATE and INTERNATIONAL end-user > telecommunications revenues." > > Anything that doesn't fall under the umbrella of interstate or > international telecommunication revenue (i.e. E911 connectivity charges, > DID monthly charges not involving traffic) do NOT fall under the purview > of valid USF. Charging a flat rate for ALL money added to the prepay > account makes them money, surely, but it's not valid USF charges. > > It also was never mentioned to us. This is the first month this has ever > happened, and it's sudden, without notification, and without contractual > modifications. > > It's bad enough that they charge for International termination from the > start of a call (not from when it's answered), but now they're charging > a percentage of their own fees as, essentially, fees. > > N. > > Jai Rangi wrote: >> USF charges are valid, some one has to pay them. USF taxes are pass >> though and companies often charge their customers for all Origination >> and Termination. However things that does not fall in origination and >> termination should not be taxed. >> Example: Say you are using some hosting and consultancy services from >> Vitelity, that should not be taxed. >> >> -Jai >> www.didforsale.com<http://www.didforsale.com> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, SIP<[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Our primary termination/origination carrier (Vitelity) has recently >> decided to start charging us a USF percentage on every payment we make >> to them. Keep in mind, 90% of the money we pay them is for >> administrative fees, not for origination or termination charges on any >> of the several hundred DIDs which get very little usage. >> >> Our other two carriers don't do this, but I'm wondering whether or not >> they're out of the ordinary, or if it's just Vitelity. >> >> It seems as though USF, which is a pay-for-use fee, should not be >> allowed to be assessed on administrative and non-traffic-related >> commerce. It strays away from being a USF charge at that point and >> becomes a general 'service charge' for non USF-related purposes. >> >> Have people run into this with other carriers? >> >> N. >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> >> asterisk-biz mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >> >> > > -- Alex Balashov - Principal Evariste Systems LLC Tel : +1 678-954-0670 Direct : +1 678-954-0671 Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
