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PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:

monkey44 wrote:
Don't know about anyone else, but we only care about the size of the bill, never how it's figured.

Then you have to remember the electric company model - the more you use, the more you pay (or someone has to pay).

Like a lot of people, I really love my fast fiber optic internet connection at home.

But I also realize that speed only is possible where I can pay for a dedicated hookup at a flat rate (and my internet monthly rate does vary by how fast I want that connection to be).

It cost a lot of money to provide that type service any other way - and if I want that service - I'll be the one to pay.

I'm old enough to remember when we had to pay for on-line services by the minute, and early internet access. The same way type things I would do to minimize my on-line bill in 1988, and internet bill in 1994 work today with cell hot spot data plans.

Correct, we get what we pay for -- but still, those that want it pay for it. Pay more for it - but still, no matter how it gets there, the number at the end is what you pay, anything in between mean nothing to our checkbook.

Cracks me up, or upsets me - whichever - for example when Sprint says, "Cell phone is $50 a month" - Then the bill comes and it says, "$50 for minutes, $3.21 tax, $1.80 for line fee, $2.20 for access fee, $1.94 Sprint operation fee ... and the check I write comes to $59.15 - so, how does that equal $50 a month ... well, it doesn't.

But just because Sprint can label a 'fee' it does, and adds (not subtracts) from the actual charges. What is annoying? Well, just tell me the REAL charges not the FAKE charges ...

Bean Counters and Ad Execs try every way in the world to "semi-deceive" the customers with words and numbers and labels. AND, they all do it, so it doesn't matter what you hear, the final billing is ALWAYS more on these monthly services.

I'd just like to see total honesty in the information. Add the fees up and tell me what it costs, not what it costs before all the mandatory fees. Matter of fact, Sprint even has a 'Sprint fee" that it even tells you is NOT mandatory, but Sprint charges it anyway, "Because we can."

The fact that we pay these service fees remain irrelevant, we all pay, and we all want some kinds of services. You need a math degree to figure it out ... and we'd all buy it anyway, even if the 'semi-deceiving' part was more truthful.

We can easily buy less service and have less bill per month - that's not the point - we pay a little more, get a little more because that's our choice.

But of course, that kind of honesty went out with prohibition... :)