[VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021

[Alex Balashov]

That, and, while I am not at all an expert on what can and can't be 
recovered from customers, it was my impression that not 100% of USF can 
be passed on.

On 6/10/21 1:03 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote:

> Except that some of us specifically sell "bottom line" pricing that is 
> not variable and not padded with 20 lines of fees and taxes.  Because 
> our ILEC is known for quoting $100 and billing $130-150 actual price.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:38 AM Paul Timmins <paul at timmins.net 
> <mailto:paul at timmins.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On 6/10/21 6:23 AM, Alex Balashov wrote:
>      >
>      > Yeah, observing it as an outsider who is not a service provider,
>     I'm a
>      > little shocked to say the least. It's hard to understand where that
>      > kind of money is supposed to come from with the margins in this
>     business.
>      >
>      > -- Alex
>      >
>     Passthru fees to the end user, duh. There's nothing us telcos can't
>     cram
>     on the bottom of the bill.
> 
>     Customers are gonna be ticked, but what ya gonna do. It's a line item
>     now, and a line item later.
> 
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