Verizon and BellSouth drop bogus fees
In response to public outcry and pressure from the FCC, BellSouth and Verizon dropped their bogus fees that they implemented when the FCC allowed them to stop paying the USF fee.
Last week word started to spread about BellSouth and Verizon adding new fees to their DSL bills to take the place of a USF fee that the FCC said they no longer had to pay. The companies figured no one would notice that the less than $5 fee changed from “USF fee” to “Bogus fee we made up” since the price of the bill wouldn’t change. That would allow them to pocket the extra few bucks per customer that they used to have to turn over to the FCC.
However, they were wrong and people noticed - including the FCC. So they pulled the fees.
It’s good to see that companies are having a harder time these days pulling stunts like this.
