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Verizon \"supposedly\" has a \"verizon online\" division which is \"seperate\" from the rest of the company. So the missing FUSF is probably going into their pocket.
and they are not \"seperate\".
Verizon \"supposedly\" has a \"verizon online\" division which is \"seperate\" from the rest of the company. So the missing FUSF is probably going into their pocket.
and they are not \"seperate\".
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Yes, Asshats pretty much sums it up.
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Isn't paying your suppliers a cost of doing business for just about everyone? Why is it a separate \"fee,\" instead of included in the base cost of the service?
Is there any chance that Verizon likes to advertise the base cost of their service, while mentioning \"fees\" in small print? So, essentially, the customer is suckered into thinking the service costs less than it costs? Or am I being overly cynical?
If the separate fees exist basically to support marketing trickery, I might argue that such practices should be illegal.
It would be like if I were a dentist and I advertised that x-rays and teeth cleaning cost $99.99* and in small print *This price does not include chair rental, record-keeping, rent offset, x-ray film and tooth polish supply fees. (And you find out the \"fees\" -- and how much money you really have to pay -- when you get the bill.)
So I emailed them back, letting them know they are a bunch of money-grubbing cockbags. Their mailbox was full. I hope they don't charge me more money for the disk space they need to buy to accomidate all the hate mail about their made-up surcharges.
That, adding on to how horrible Verizon DSL is anyway. Evil telcos.
Ha!
I laughed when I received this e-mail over the weekend, but I didn't think to forward it to y'all.
So the govt. gets $1.25 less, Verizon gets $1.20 more, and my bill stays pretty much the same. Asshats.
So, who, exactly, are their \"network suppliers?\" I'm guessing a different Verizon division.