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    USF is 16% -- you are all worked up over how much money?<br>
    Emails to the list, frustration, looking up the law references --
    you probably blew more time on this issue than what the actually fee
    was. <br>
    <br>
    I understand it is the "principle" of the thing, but it was probably
    billed by USOC or billing item -- and that billing item always gets
    billed USF - and they use that USOC billing code for their 499, so
    they have no real process to not bill you USF since they will be
    remitting USF based on that USOC. <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/3/2015 12:33 PM, Peter Beckman
      wrote:<br>
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      cite="mid:alpine.BSF.2.20.1512031227370.34827@nog2.angryox.com"
      type="cite">On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, Carlos Alvarez wrote:
      <br>
      <br>
      <blockquote type="cite">I agree with you, and I'd ask the carrier
        to remove that.  It sounds like
        <br>
        you haven't asked yet.  The whole thing is highly negotiable
        anyway, since
        <br>
        it wasn't an actual cost to them.  You might even get them to
        drop it or
        <br>
        severely reduce the overage based on future business.
        <br>
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      <br>
       I've asked -- this email is verbatim what I sent to them. Their
      response:
      <br>
      <br>
       "We consider the minimum commitment to make up for services that
      were not
      <br>
        utilized during the usage period. Therefore all taxes and
      regulatory fees
      <br>
        associated with the service/product will also apply to the
      minimum
      <br>
        commitment fee on your invoice."
      <br>
      <br>
       But that isn't how the FCC requirements read.
      <br>
      <br>
       The frustrating part -- engaging a lawyer is likely more
      expensive than
      <br>
       simply giving up. And leaving the carrier hurts my business. And
      this is
      <br>
       only a one-time issue, not an ongoing billing dispute.
      <br>
      <br>
       I'm quite confident that the USF shouldn't be billed on this
      non-telecom
      <br>
       fee, and I can get a lawyer involved and they'll capitulate, but
      it will
      <br>
       likely create bad blood plus I'll lose money on the process.
      <br>
      <br>
       I really really dispise companies not taking ownership of issues
      and just
      <br>
       blinding standing ground. It makes me wish there were more
      telecom
      <br>
       companies that highly regarded customer service like Zappos.
      <br>
      <br>
      Beckman
      <br>
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      Peter Beckman                                                 
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