Amazon.com: Regulatory Fee: Cell Phones & Service

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AT&T also imposes the following charges: a Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee of up to $1.25 to help defray its cost incurred in complying with obligations and charges imposed by State and Federal telecom regulations, a gross receipts surcharge, and State and Federal Universal Service Charges. The Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee is not a tax or a government-required charge. See Plan Terms for additional details.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Regulatory Rip-Off Fee!, July 10, 2006

By	Stephen G. Montgomery "Speedcurve Steve" (Puyallup, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is just another way for corporations to squeeze the consumer. Regulatory Cost Recovery, my aching back!! This is merely another cost of doing business that is being passed on to users. What's going to be next, an Employee Salary Recovery Fee? This fee, while "only" $2.50 per month, almost made me reconsider signing up with Cingular (Verizon, my last service, didn't charge this fee.) Bogus!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee Ever!!, March 11, 2006

By	Nathaniel Granatir (chicago, il usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

All I can say is: WOW! I've had regulatory cost recovery fees before, and this one blows them all away! As usual I was a bit skeptical at first, but after paying the regulatory cost recovery fee for a couple months I was hooked! I'll _never_ go back to my old regulatory cost recovery fees!! Now some of you may not be convinced, and you may think the price is a bit high, and it is - but you have to think about the value you're getting. I don't know about you, but I'm willing to pay a little bit more and get a more feature-rich and reliable regulatory cost recovery fee. And frankly, I wouldn't want my money going to a fee that I wasn't 100% sure would recover my regulatory cost. So in conclusion, if you're looking for a great, albeit somewhat pricey regulatory cost recovery fee, you can't go wrong with this one!

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love mandatory fees, August 30, 2005

By	Andrew Schaefer (Phoenixville, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The regulatory cost recovery fee rocks! I haven't had any problems with the charge being added to my bill. I was afraid that this was one of those specials that only select customers would win, but fortunately I was able to qualify without filling out any forms. Thank you Amazon for not doing any of those pesky rebate forms for this, you've instantly added it to my bill without my having to do any extra work.