So I am paying a 8% surcharge on my cell phone bill to subsidize those "free" Obamaphones
People in California keep electing socialists and then are surprised when they get socialism.
It’s crap like this which made me switch to a prepaid Trackphone.
yes and why do CATV Dial tone providers NOT charge these fees.
Should we ask Judge Greene?
President Jimmy Carter appointed Greene
Since we finally got the Spanish-American war paid off, maybe they are planning on using the money to pay off Obamacare?
Hmm. Naa.
Kinda nice you didn’t know about it. Sometimes I hate finding out something I didn’t know I was doing. I can see why some are political ignorant. I bet in some ways it is healthier. lol.
When I had my regular phone landline, the monthly increased periodically to over $25/month. I don’t make many calls. Most that I did make were to the adjoining town, and that was long distance. By the time all of the fees and taxes were added, the call cost about $5, even if it was less than 1 minute.
I dropped the landline and went cellular — Tracfone. My annual service and roll-over minutes cost me an average of $7 per month — and it is portable.
Last year, I bought one of those Ooma internet phone boxes. The initial cost was about $100. The only monthly fees are the FCC, e911, and taxes. Initially, those were $3.81/month for my area. They have gradually increased and are now $4.24/month.
The other option, of course, is to use a burner. Ideally you buy it in Oregon with lots of minutes. Pay $200 or so and have 12 months of service, with no tax at all (except what might be folded into the sales price).
A working definition of 'Taxation without Representation'.
Unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats raising taxes on producing citizens to provide undeserved benefits to unproductive citizens (and non-citizens I'll wager).
Didn't some people fight a war over something similar a few centuries ago.
Someone in the bureaucracy figures that demand for phones is inelastic and will continue no matter how much it costs in taxes.
Tax and spend; Tax and Spend. California is in the process of passing under Mexican control and they want Gringo wealth. All a person can do, since we cannot resist, is flee the state.
I went magic jack...no fees. 5 years service for 99 bucks.
I think those were started as W phones
I ditched the landline phone years ago.
I’m deaf and my only communication line is a relay call service via Sprint which is always free.
And I have various IM clients installed on my computer.
Being completely deaf, cutting the landline phone cord saves me $30 a month.
All I pay for now is a data line of $25 a month for Internet access.
I have the Verizon More Everything family plan. Cost: $40/line + data for smartphones. When you go off contract, (bring or buy your own phone), the price drops to $15 per line. But I noticed that the taxes and fees went down also: from 8.80 per line to 5.20 per line. For four lines, this adds up. So one way to avoid taxes, apparently is to bring your phone.
My $30 even T-Mobile bill went up $35.48 this past bill.
This is what increase. All from gov’t taxes!
Federal and State Universal Service Fund
Federal and State USF
Regulatory Program Fees
Sales tax