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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Our experience with GTT was just a nightmare. All kinds of billing problems and surcharges (finance surcharge, regulatory surcharge, etc.). As soon as we finished the contract, we just stopped our business with them. Now, lawyers are taking over.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>KARIM M.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Herrin<br><b>Sent:</b> December 2, 2018 6:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Hammett<br><b>Cc:</b> brandonwade@yahoo.com; nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: GTT Regulatory Recovery Surcharge<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:41 PM Mike Hammett <<a href="mailto:nanog@ics-il.net">nanog@ics-il.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund" target="_blank">https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service" target="_blank">https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br>Kinda crappy they don't spell it out. Well, no, I guess USF would be closer to +-18%.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Doubt it. They usually specify USF because they don't get to keep that money.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sort of like the airline "fuel surcharge" that never quite goes away when the price of fuel drops.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill Herrin<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>