T-Mobile (Gov't?) bill taxes increasing

[comfortably_numb]

I have one $10 unlimited tablet line on my TMO Business account. I already pay $1.60/month in taxes. Now it'll be $2.10. That's more than 20% of the bill.

 

[zippyfrog]

Yeah - I had the same thing happen earlier in the year and now again. It is hard to tell if these are truly government mandates taxes, or since I have "locked in" pricing on my phone and internet if these are other ways to raise the cost. Back in April or May I had a 50 cent increase on my cell phone and 20 cent increase on my 5G internet line (but the base plan price stayed the same). Now, I am getting another 50 cent increase on my cell phone, but no mention of anything changing on my 5G internet plan.

My thought is that if it is a governement tax/recovery fee, wouldn't we see an increase on AT&T and Verizon as well? Why just T-Mobile?

 

[EarDemon]

Any real government fees don't necessarily have to be broken out and passed on to the customer. Afterall for upwards of a decade T-Mobile had tax & fee inclusive plans for phones. It just a way of raising prices. I can understand not including sales tax and e911 fees, but any 'regulatory' and 'recovery' fees are BS.

Furthermore, you would think any fee that is 100% mandated would be called the same across all providers. Here's my Verizon and AT&T bills, I'm on a fee inclusive plan on T-Mobile, but the made up fees really don't really match up between the two

 

[comfortably_numb]

Also the link provided in the letter they sent me leads to a 404.

 

[harshness]

Also the link provided in the letter they sent me leads to a 404.

I also get a 404. T-Mobile's web wizards at least catch the error rather than just mysteriously breaking things as they seem to do at AT&T.

I note that such "cost recovery fees" are in no way government-mandated; their existence and pricing are entirely at the carrier's option.

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