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Allen Paul - 25 Mar 2007 18:17 GMT

"We Never Stop Screwing You" ... this month they almost doubled the
"administrative charge" from $.40 to $.70 per line. Thirty cents may
not seem like a lot but when multiplied by 50 million lines (I really
don't know how many customers they have) that represents $15 million a
month in additional revenue with no additional cost. Great business.

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Pegleg - 25 Mar 2007 19:19 GMT

>"We Never Stop Screwing You" ... this month they almost doubled the
>"administrative charge" from $.40 to $.70 per line. Thirty cents may
>not seem like a lot but when multiplied by 50 million lines (I really
>don't know how many customers they have) that represents $15 million a
>month in additional revenue with no additional cost. Great business.

That's what we live with based on minimum regulation. Try and find out
exactly what an "administrative charge" is and see the babel-speak you
get from Verizon or any other carrier! It is the same with any utility,
power/gas/landline.

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RBM - 25 Mar 2007 22:03 GMT

I suppose we could all get together and petition the government to take over
the utilities. Then we'd have nothing to bitch about

> "We Never Stop Screwing You" ... this month they almost doubled the
> "administrative charge" from $.40 to $.70 per line. Thirty cents may not
> seem like a lot but when multiplied by 50 million lines (I really don't
> know how many customers they have) that represents $15 million a month in
> additional revenue with no additional cost. Great business.

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Yum Cimil - 26 Mar 2007 01:02 GMT

> I suppose we could all get together and petition the government to
> take over the utilities. Then we'd have nothing to bitch about

Not true. Even if that were the case someone's going to find something to
whine ERRRR bitch about.

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Cubit - 26 Mar 2007 17:12 GMT

He was being sarcastic.

>> I suppose we could all get together and petition the government to
>> take over the utilities. Then we'd have nothing to bitch about
>
> Not true. Even if that were the case someone's going to find something to
> whine ERRRR bitch about.

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Yum Cimil - 26 Mar 2007 22:37 GMT

"Cubit" <no@not.not> wrote in news:xhSNh.2711$u03.40
@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net:

> He was being sarcastic.

It's all good. :-)

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tavenger5 - 27 Mar 2007 05:37 GMT

Allen Paul Wrote:

> "We Never Stop Screwing You" ... this month they almost doubled the
> "administrative charge" from $.40 to $.70 per line. Thirty cents may
> not seem like a lot but when multiplied by 50 million lines (I really
> don't know how many customers they have) that represents $15 million a
> month in additional revenue with no additional cost. Great business

From 'Answers to FAQs' (http://tinyurl.com/2myvrh

"It also includes an Administrative Charge, which helps defray certai
costs we incur, currently including (i) charges we, or our agents, pa
local telephone companies for delivering calls from our customers t
their customers, (ii) fees and assessments on network facilities an
services, and (iii) certain costs and charges associated wit
proceedings related to new cell site construction.

Also: 'Cancel Verizon Without Penalty Over Admin Fee Increase
Consumerist' (http://tinyurl.com/36p4x2

If you really wish to get out of your contract over $0.3

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- Bob - - 27 Mar 2007 22:58 GMT

>"It also includes an Administrative Charge, which helps defray certain
>costs we incur, currently including (i) charges we, or our agents, pay
>local telephone companies for delivering calls from our customers to
>their customers, (ii) fees and assessments on network facilities and
>services, and (iii) certain costs and charges associated with
>proceedings related to new cell site construction."

In other words, "you pay for our general overhead but we hide it in an
administrative charge so that we can advertise lower plan rates".

Not that this is a-typical these days...

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