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minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year ago If you take public funds, you can’t charge exorbitant amounts. Seems an easy trade-off decision for them to make. Damn I wish that were true. Telecoms got like $4bn decades ago to upgrade American infra…
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoNot only then, they’re allowed to recoup deployment costs as separate surcharges, not part of plan costs, and they’re still charging for infrastructure they already completed decades ago.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAdd about 15% to the sticker price of any cell phone plan because of taxes and those fees.
Damn I wish that were true. Telecoms got like $4bn decades ago to upgrade American infra…
Not only then, they’re allowed to recoup deployment costs as separate surcharges, not part of plan costs, and they’re still charging for infrastructure they already completed decades ago.
Add about 15% to the sticker price of any cell phone plan because of taxes and those fees.