[wplug] The evilness of it all (Verizon OT post)
Bryon Gill
bgtrio at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 23 11:11:35 EDT 2006
The point is to crush your competitors, see them driven before you, and hear the
lamentations of their shareholders :) The fees are just gravy.
B
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Burt E Reany wrote:
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> What is the point of the time.effort and costs associated with driving
> out/aquiring all competitors if they CAN'T then do something like this?
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> 08/22/2006 07:20
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> Does anyone else find it AMAZING how close the new fee is in value to the
> old
> one.
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> Sort of a "you won't really notice us screwing you" kind of thing.
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> Isn't it interesting that it doesn't cost them a dollar less or more than
> the
> old fee but closer to a dime in difference.
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> It's simply amazing.
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> As someone else mentioned, it's similar to the oil companies saying "We are
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> not price gouging and by the way, Look! We just make record profits."
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> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 02:38 pm, Daniel McQuay wrote:
>> 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:
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>>>> 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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>>> --
>>> Daniel McQuay
>>> simplebob at gmail.com
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>>> H: 814.825.0847
>>> M: 814-341-6233
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