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Article #2002Re: AT&T. Major Ripoff!
From: Bulimia
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:00
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Get yourself a Sprint PCS phone and save big time, especially on in-state long distance. Block long-distance calls on your home phone. Compare cellular/PCS plans: http://www.wirelessdimension.com/ On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:23:53 -0500, "AT&T Sucks!" <a12355@looksmart.com> 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa6e6,3a44e162779ad647 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa6e6,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,3a44e162779ad647 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: 10f73f,3a44e162779ad647 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f73f,public X-Google-Thread: 10b420,3a44e162779ad647 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b420,public From: bulimia@bulimia.com (Bulimia) Subject: Re: AT&T. Major Ripoff! Date: 1999/06/28 Message-ID: <CE574E64CF101936.305865A2C029BDE0.D77CCBB9E72CA263@lp.airnews.net> X-Deja-AN: 494759500 References: <930525533.727.46@news.remarQ.com> X-Orig-Message-ID: <37777849.4810571@news.ticnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Time: Mon Jun 28 08:29:30 1999 Organization: The Internet Connection - ticnet.com (using Airnews.net!) NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1.airnews.net Reply-To: bulimia@bulimia.com Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at ticnet.com to report improper postings Newsgroups: alt.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,alt.consumers.free-stuff,dfw.forsale