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Originally Posted by TCLGirls
No, they are not legally required to charge more than they normally would. All they are required to do is provide the program. Whether the phone companies decide to offset the costs upon the consumer is left to the company to decide. If the consumer does not want to be charged more, than the consumer is free to withhold his/her business patronage. If enough consumers withhold their business, then the companies would not charge that fee. That's the free market.
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Taxpayers do pay for coverage but not via federal income taxes. Instead, the Act “mandated the creation of the universal service fund (USF) into which all telecommunications providers are required to contribute a percentage of their interstate and international end-user telecommunications revenues.” So that little fee on your phone bill labeled USF? That’s what you’re paying for.
if all companies charge it, what do you suggest people do? stop using cellphones in protest..yeah ok buddy. you are king of manipulating an argument so you are never "wrong" so have fun pc principal.