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STOP MISSOULA: STOPTHE FCC LINE CHARGE INCREASE, PHONE RATE HIKES

see also   FCC Line Charge Complaint Dirty Little Secret Lives of Phone Bills New Networks Institute
up ^ Dear Customer, Dear Reporter, Dear Politician, Dear Business owner.

The FCC is involved in a cover-up right before your very eyes. There is a plan called "The Missoula Intercarrier Compensation Plan" that will increase your local phone service greatly. It will:

  1. Raises the FCC Line Charge to $10.00 a month (from $6.50 (on local wireline bills)
  2. Increases Universal Service *(currently adding 10% to interstate service)
  3. Adds a New Additional Charge.
  4. Increases your Cell phone bills, Long Distance bills, and more.
  5. You've already been charged over $200 in extra fees since 2000.

To Read the Rest of this Letter:

TAKE ACTION:

1) FILE COMMENTS WITH THE: DEADLINE: FEB. 1st, 2007

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi

  1. Top Left under "Proceeding", put in "01-92"
  2. Then fill out the form… there's a place at the bottom to write a comment.

Write CONGRESS:

House Commerce Committee:

CALL THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Full Committee Office
Majority: 202-224-0411
Minority: 202-224-1251

WHAT TO SAY?

1) DON"T LET THE FCC RAISE THE FCC LINE CHARGE TO $10.00 WITHOUT AUDITS

2) NO INCREASES TO THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND WITHOUT AUDITS.

3) NO NEW FEES!

4) TELL THE FCC TO STOP CALLING IT "MISSOULA" AND DO SOMETHING A CUSTOMER CAN UNDERSTAND. TELL PEOPLE YOU"RE RAISING RATES>

5) RENAME THE FCC LINE CHARGE

6) MAKE THE FCC PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LOW VOLUME USERS AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE.

7) AUDIT THE PHONE COMPANIES' BOOKS FOR MISSING EQUIPMENT.

TO READ: Teletruth's Missoula Intercarrier Compensation http://www.teletruth.org/docs/TeletruthMissoula.doc

To READ: The Missoula Plan by the Phone Companies, even though it's incomprehensible, even to experts -- Notice how they cover over the real impact -- Raising rates. http://www.teletruth.org/docs/missoulaplancharts.pdf

To Read Teletruth's previous Complaints about the FCC Line Charge:
http://www.newnetworks.com/PRFCCLIne.htm

To READ MORE about Teletruth''s Phone Bill Work http://www.newnetworks.com/phonebillissues.htm

 

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