[wplug] The evilness of it all (Verizon OT post)

[Daniel McQuay]

here is their email about this new charge:

Dear Valued Verizon Online Customer,

Effective August 14, 2006, Verizon Online will stop charging the FUSF
(Federal Universal Service Fund) recovery fee. We will stop being assessed
the fee by our DSL network suppliers. Therefore, we will no longer be
recovering this fee from our customers. The impact of the FUSF fee is as
follows: for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 768Kbps, the fee
eliminated is $1.25 a month; for customers of Verizon Online with service up
to 1.5 Mbps or 3Mbps, the fee eliminated is $2.83 a month (based on current
FUSF surcharge amounts).  On your bill that includes charges for August 14,
2006 you will see either a partial FUSF Recovery Fee or no FUSF line item at
all, depending on your bill cycle.

Starting August 26, 2006, Verizon Online will begin charging a Supplier
Surcharge for all new DSL customers, existing customers with a DSL monthly
or bundle package, and existing DSL annual plan customers at the time their
current annual plan expires.  This surcharge is not a government imposed fee
or a tax; however, it is intended to help offset costs we incur from our
network supplier in providing Verizon Online DSL service. The Supplier
Surcharge will initially be set at $1.20 a month for Verizon Online DSL
customers with service up to 768Kbps and $2.70 per month for customers with
DSL service at higher speeds.

On balance your total bill will remain about the same as it has been or
slightly lower.
For more information, see the Announcement in the Help section of
VerizonCentral, located at
http://central.verizon.net

We regret the need to add this Supplier Surcharge, but we thank you for
choosing high speed Verizon Online DSL. We appreciate and value your
business.

Sincerely,


Verizon Online
Broadband Customer Care Team

kind of makes a person want to break a contract.

On 8/22/06, Daniel McQuay <simplebob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> this kind of thing is ridiculous. as if verizown don't make enough money.
>
> On 8/22/06, Mark Allen Earnest <mark at mystikos.org > wrote:
>
> > Zach wrote:
> > On 8/22/06, Brent M. Rust < rust at lucasware.com> wrote:
> >> I won't even attempt to understand it. But Verizon seems to be making
> >> sure it stays on top of the evilness list.
> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14458159/
> >>
> >> They are imposing a surcharge for all DSL plans. The government is
> >> phasing it's fee out so Verizon is adding it's higher cost fee in.
> >
> > This is disgusting.
>
> From the article:
> "Henson said the decision to impose the new surcharge now "is not
> related at all to USF." She said she "would strongly disagree" with
> criticisms that Verizon was in effect diverting to its own coffers money
> that had previously"
>
> If they really wanted people to believe this, perhaps a good move would
> have been to not announce both the end of the USF and the beginning of
> the new surcharge in the SAME EMAIL to customers.
>
> Mark Earnest
>
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