i dislike sprint

[rootofnewt]

*sigh*

our local phone bill is outrageous.

our monthly taxes *exceed* the individual bills for either phone line.

our regular charges:

13.78 line 1
13.78 line 2
3.10 other charges (911 and relay)

that's all fine and dandy. it's the taxes section. i've NEVER paid this much for taxes.

11.02 Interstate access surcharge
1.00 federal universal service fund
.96 number portability charge
1.20 public rights-of-way use
1.22 federal tax
4.00 consumer utility tax

sheesh. you know, i disliked verizon, but we never paid this much in taxes that are supposedly universal. that was in maryland, of course.

but 19.40 in taxes and surcharges? crazy.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

dropping the home phone lines isn't an option. boy works from home. cable isn't available in the boonies. satellite modem is EXPENSIVE (far outside our budget)... boy also has to teleconference once a week while he's online, so we need those two lines.

that one charge that comes out to 11 bucks is basically what we have to pay for living out here in the boonies. it's charged in high risk and rural areas. so we pay extra for sub-par service. this totally sucks. i wouldn't complain if we could connect at 56k (or heck, even get dsl), but we can't. because the lines are old and the relays are older. we're lucky to connect at 28.8k, most of the time it's far slower.

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