Skip to primary content

Prime-WoW

My site, my way, no big company can change this

Prime-WoW

Main menu

  • Home
  • Discord
  • Forums
  • Games
    • 7DtD
      • 7DtD Map
      • 7DtD Official Forums
      • 7DtD Wiki
    • Minecraft
      • Survival Map
      • Vanilla Map
      • FTB Map
      • FTB Wiki
      • Download FTB Client
    • NWN
      • NWN Wiki
      • NWN Lexicon
      • NWN Vault
      • NWNX
      • NWN Info
      • Rhun Guide
    • Terraria
      • Terraria Map
    • WoW
      • Prime-WoW Site
      • WoW Armory
  • Unfiltered RSS
    • Bikes
    • Games
      • Kotaku
      • PS4 News
      • VR
    • Nature
      • TreeHugger
      • Survival
    • Technology
      • Hardware
        • Hot Hardware
      • Linux
        • Linux Today
        • LWN.net
        • LXer
        • Phoronix
        • RPi
      • LifeHacker
      • Akihabara News
      • AnandTech
      • Ars Technica
      • Engadget
      • Gear & Gadgets
      • Geekologie
      • Gizmodo
      • [H]ardOCP
      • io9
      • Slashdot
      • TG Daily

Post navigation

← Previous Next →

Frontier raises sneaky “Internet Infrastructure Surcharge” from $4 to $7

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Xordac Prime
A one-dollar bill set on fire.

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Peter Dazeley)

Frontier Communications is raising its sneaky “Internet Infrastructure Surcharge” from $4 to $7 later this month, widening the gap between its advertised broadband prices and the actual prices customers pay.

Telecom providers love to advertise low rates and then sock customers with bigger bills by charging separate fees for things that are part of the core service. In cable TV, that means customers see one advertised rate for a bundle of channels and then pay way more after the addition of “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees that supposedly cover the costs of certain channels that are part of the bundle. With Frontier Internet service, customers pay the advertised rate for Internet service and then get hit with fees including the Internet Infrastructure Surcharge.

While some fees cover costs that providers must pay to the government, the Internet Infrastructure Surcharge is decidedly not one of them. In its list of fees, Frontier describes the surcharge as follows:

Read 12 remaining paragraphs | Comments



Source: Ars Technica – Frontier raises sneaky “Internet Infrastructure Surcharge” from to

This entry was posted in Ars Technica, Unfiltered RSS and tagged Ars Technica by Xordac Prime. Bookmark the permalink.
Proudly powered by WordPress