5 Ways Your Telecom Company is Screwing You

[Donnachaidh]

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When you look at your bill for phone, wireless and Internet service every month, you can't help but feel a sense of impotent rage. The bill is always higher than what they advertised the plan for, they cram in endless mystery charges and deep down inside you know they're screwing you. And there's really nothing you can do about it.

Well, we have good news -- it's actually worse than that! Wait, did we say "good" news? Sorry.

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#5. "4G" is a Bullshit Marketing Term

It was just a few years ago that everyone started getting 3G phones that could actually surf the Internet at speeds faster than '90s-era dial-up. But even 3G is going out of style. That's right, times are changing, grandpa! Now everyone's all about 4G. It's in pretty much every ad now, and every cellphone provider says its version is the biggest and best.

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[monmouth]

1. I love my landline...This is one of the reasons...LOL....n/t

[aquart]

2. Me, too.

Seeing cell phone stores on every block was a big clue that there is way too much profit in that industry.

[Donnachaidh]

9. there was just a notice that Verizon is getting rid of their unlimited minute plans

So they've effectively raised rates on their customers - AGAIN. My dumbass relatives signed on with them and got rid of their land lines. WRONG thing to do when these companies are so out of control.

[Shagbark Hickory]

12. Because you love all the BS taxes and regulatory charges and bill creep they hit you with?

PTSN accounts have their share of sleaze.

[kenny blankenship]

3. So...when will the Democrats re-regulate the telecoms?

[corkhead]

7. DUZY!

[RB TexLa]

4. I want to not pay the fee for 911 service and have it disabled. I can look the phone number up for

myself.

[msongs]

5. I hear each cell call is paid for twice, by caller AND by receiver. what a scam eh? nt

[IDemo]

6. No monthly bill or call plan for me

And we dropped the land line years ago, despite having retired from the phone company.

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[NastyNate]

10. Smoke

signals work fine for me! :)

[Canuckistanian]

11. Paying for texting plans always angers me

Because text messages are infinitesimally small and represent something like 0.0001% of total data traffic.

I liked that factoid that text messages cost FOUR TIMES MORE than if it were sent from the Space Shuttle.

In other words, text messaging charges are PURE PROFIT with virtually ZERO costs for the Telecom.