In short - If a smaller (cheaper) carrier in, say Ipswitch, MO., decides they want to connect to AT&T so you can make your phone call in the burbs - Club Fed gets their piece of the action. Why? Simple - because they can.
Apparently, they get SO much of the action that the bigger cell phone companies are wanting to have it reduced. Of course, any fees they have to pay, they simply pass along to you - so why do they care? Because it forces them to charge you more money - and frankly, neither they, nor I, understand why this is even necessary.
Look, the Govt forced AT&T to break up due to "Monopoly" reasons, and now that they have, they are charging tax revenue every time your signal changes from one carrier to another, and those taxes are passed on to your monthly bill.
The request to lower (not eliminate completely) the charges amounts to as much as $8 Billion a year, which is only part of a group of suggestions they give for restructuring phone service to aid in getting us a better, faster phone and internet service not only in the major cities, but in the burbs as well.
I suggest that you email the FCC commissioners and tell them you back the phone companies in stopping the Taxes and saving you money:
- Chairman Julius Genachowski: Julius.Genachowski@fcc.gov
- Commissioner Michael J. Copps: Michael.Copps@fcc.gov
- Commissioner Robert McDowell: Robert.McDowell@fcc.gov
- Commissioner Mignon Clyburn: Mignon.Clyburn@fcc.gov
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