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
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
We work tirelessly to remain transparent regarding billing, chopstick. As you point out, taxes and surcharges consist of many components. We cannot speak to how others bill for such things, but we can say that all cellular service companies are responsible for collecting all applicable taxes and surcharges, and then disbursing those taxes and surcharges to the applicable authorities. We would love to have your whole family join ours!
-George
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