Federal USF Cost Recovery
The U.S. government enacted the Universal Service Fund (USF) to help ensure first-class, affordable telecommunications service for all consumers across the country, especially residents in high-cost rural communities and low-income customers. Additionally, the Federal USF provides for discounted telecommunications services for schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities.
All telecommunications providers are required to pay into the Federal USF. The tax to support this fund will appear on invoice. To learn more about this fund, click here for the Federal Communications Commission's USF web page.
Other Regulatory Cost Recovery
This fee includes applicable sales, excise and other taxes, as well as governmental regulatory surcharges and fees, at the federal, state, county, and city levels, for the provisioning of services.
Pay Phone Surcharge
Calls made from pay phones to a toll-free number incur a 54¢ surcharge. This surcharge is determined and mandated by the FCC. We've made it easy for you to choose to block all pay phone calls so these surcharges won't exist.
If you have any questions and/or concerns regarding these fees, please contact us.
