RE: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

["K MEKKAOUI" <amekkaoui () mektel ca>]

Our experience with GTT was just a nightmare. All kinds of billing problems and surcharges (finance surcharge, 
regulatory surcharge, etc.). As soon as we finished the contract, we just stopped our business with them. Now, lawyers 
are taking over.

 

KARIM M.

 

From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of William Herrin
Sent: December 2, 2018 6:31 PM
To: Mike Hammett
Cc: brandonwade () yahoo com; nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

 

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:41 PM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund

https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund

https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service

Kinda crappy they don't spell it out. Well, no, I guess USF would be closer to +-18%.

 

Doubt it. They usually specify USF because they don't get to keep that money.

 

The generic "Regulatory Recovery Surcharge" is money they keep. They may in some tangential way have an increased cost 
engineering their network to comply with government regulations but whatever it is there's no connection to your 
particular bill.

 

Sort of like the airline "fuel surcharge" that never quite goes away when the price of fuel drops.

 

Regards,

Bill Herrin



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