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Re: AT&T. Major Ripoff!

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From: Travis
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:00
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I agree with you.  I am not even a customer of ATT and I got a bill for some
$320 for calls in my LOCAL CALLING AREA!  I called and bitched and they tried to
tell me that I owed the charges...I told them I am threatening to call the
Public Utilities Commission as well as my local phone company until I get some
answers.

Well, after 30 days of hoo-hawing, they finally agreed to remove the
charges....but what a DAM HEADACHE.........!!!!!


AT&T Sucks! wrote:

> I couldn't believe it when I got AT&T's recent bill. Talk about a ripoff and
> an outrage. Here's a condensed version of my bill:
>
> Direct Dialed Long Distance Calls: $8.55
>
> Two payphone calls totaling 3 minutes:  $2.93
>
> That leaves a total for all calls at: $11.48
>
> Now for the fun part:
>
> Pay Phone Usage Charge: .60
> Minimum Usage Charge:  $3.23
> Universal Connectivity Charge:  $2.79
> Carrier Line Charge:  $2.55
> Federal Tax:  .63
> Infrastructure Fund Reimbursment:  .26
> Local Tax:  $.06
> State Tax: $1.33
> USF Charge: .16
> Poison Control Charge: .02
> 911 Surcharge:  .02
>
> This leaves a total for fees, charges, supplements and bullshit of: $11.65.
> (MORE THAN MY ACTUAL CALLS!) CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS!
>
> I know some of these fees are mandatory, but I have already switched to
> another carrier, where fees and things are much cheaper.
> AT&T has stuck it to me for the last time, and if your smart you'll drop
> this money grubbing, greedy company too. There are over 50,000 newsgroups
> and It will take me over a month, but I'm going to try to post this on every
> unmoderated newgroup I can. AT&T SUCKS!
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From: Travis <travis4fun@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: AT&T. Major Ripoff!
Date: 1999/06/27
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