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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Surprise! AT&T Adds New $0.61 Monthly Administrative Fee To Wireless Customers’ Bills

Start up the chorus of grumbling and shine up your best “What in the what now?” faces: AT&T has just added a $0.61 monthly administrative fee to wireless customers’ bills. It’s totally great for AT&T of course, as reports indicate the move could bring in about $518 million in extra moolah for the company in 2014. So, yay for you, AT&T?

Heralded as the “Mobility Administrative Fee,” the new tariff actually went into effect May 1. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t notice, because we didn’t either. Anyone with Consumer and Individual Responsibility User (IRU) lines should see this fee tacked on.

But what is the fee for, anyway? And should we be grumpy about it?

5 comments:

Daddio said...

Don't like it?? Then don't deal with AT&T. Since they have essentially changed the terms of their service, this move should release you from any contractual obligations you might have with them.

Drop them if you don't like it.

Or pay it and shut up.

Your choice.

Anonymous said...

dittos to 11:14

Anonymous said...

$.61 to drop a call while you stand ON their cell tower. AT&T just bit their foot off.

This should get you out of your contract though, so that's good.

Anonymous said...

This will not get you out of your contract. The 40 page wireless agreements everyone signs cover this and everything else you can conjure up to get out of the contract. I challenge the commenters to actually go to verizon, sprint, or att websites and read agreements, you will be surprised by what you see. The legal departments for these hogs are not gonna let something like this out without knowing it won't effect contracts.

Daddio said...

I chose not to deal with any of these crooked outfits, because of this type of shenanigan.

I don't have any 40-page contract, thank-you-very-much. And my monthly costs for 2 cell phones is well below $50 a month.