<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:41 PM Mike Hammett <<a href="mailto:nanog@ics-il.net">nanog@ics-il.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund</a></span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund" target="_blank">https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund</a></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service" target="_blank">https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service</a></span><br><br>Kinda crappy they don't spell it out. Well, no, I guess USF would be closer to +-18%.<br></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Doubt it. They usually specify USF because they don't get to keep that money.</div><div><br></div><div>The generic "Regulatory Recovery Surcharge" is money they keep. They may in some tangential way have an increased cost engineering their network to comply with government regulations but whatever it is there's no connection to your particular bill.</div><div><br></div><div>Sort of like the airline "fuel surcharge" that never quite goes away when the price of fuel drops.<br></div><div><br></div>Regards,</div><div class="gmail_quote">Bill Herrin<br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">William Herrin ................ <a href="mailto:herrin@dirtside.com" target="_blank">herrin@dirtside.com</a>  <a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a><br>Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <<a href="http://www.dirtside.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dirtside.com/</a>></div></div></div>