What service features of the service are subject to USF? is it only charged on retail land-line replacement or at multiple levels as a value-add? My understanding is that cellular services do not pay USF ( but, when we had a cell company several years ago, all taxes were outsourced..) Thanks Ed ?On 6/10/21, 1:07 PM, "VoiceOps on behalf of Alex Balashov" <voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org on behalf of abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote: That, and, while I am not at all an expert on what can and can't be recovered from customers, it was my impression that not 100% of USF can be passed on. On 6/10/21 1:03 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote: > Except that some of us specifically sell "bottom line" pricing that is > not variable and not padded with 20 lines of fees and taxes. Because > our ILEC is known for quoting $100 and billing $130-150 actual price. > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:38 AM Paul Timmins <paul at timmins.net > <mailto:paul at timmins.net>> wrote: > > On 6/10/21 6:23 AM, Alex Balashov wrote: > > > > Yeah, observing it as an outsider who is not a service provider, > I'm a > > little shocked to say the least. It's hard to understand where that > > kind of money is supposed to come from with the margins in this > business. > > > > -- Alex > > > Passthru fees to the end user, duh. There's nothing us telcos can't > cram > on the bottom of the bill. > > Customers are gonna be ticked, but what ya gonna do. It's a line item > now, and a line item later. > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps at voiceops.org <mailto:VoiceOps at voiceops.org> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > <https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops> > > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps at voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > -- Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC Tel: +1-706-510-6800 / +1-800-250-5920 (toll-free) Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.csrpswitch.com/ _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list VoiceOps at voiceops.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops