Universal Service fees to raise cellular, VoIP bills?

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FCC would make Vonage, others, contribute to Universal Service Fund. Tax usually gets passed on to customers.

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OMGFSZZIO!! my 30 dollar phone bill

by emehrkay June 15, 2006 7:12 AM PDT

Which includes unlimited to usa, canada and 21 other countries might go up to 34 bucks.

Why do people still have regular phones?

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Goes down sometimes
by Blito June 15, 2006 7:30 AM PDT: In some areas broadband aint that great yet and it goes down but not as much as a few years ago.

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