I signed-up with Verizon, and when I look at the first bill, the surcharges and taxes seem very high comparing to AT&T. I think the only item that Verizon can charge differently from AT&T is Admin charge and the rest should be the same but it is not the case here.
The three charges that make a big jumps are: Federal Universal Service Charge, Texas Universal Service and TX State Sale
Administrative Fee. $1.99. $3.30
Federal Universal Service Charge $0.55. $4.19
Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge $1.50. $0.09
TX State Cost Recovery Charge. $0.17
TX Margin Surcharge $0.32
Texas Universal Service. $0.81. $7.69
9-1-1 Service Fee. $0.50. $0.50
911 Equalization Surcharge $0.06. $0.06
City District Sales Tax - Telecom. $0.07
City Sales Tax - Telecom $0.07
TX State Sales Tax - Telecom. $0.41 $3.43
For a line of $60 (-$10 BYOD). the total surcharge is $19.58/line while AT&T is $6.13/line
I don't expect they are both the same but 3x more seems to me is very excessive
Any thoughts? I was thinking to move all my 5 lines over but with the high surcharges, I doubt that I will
