Re: Cost Recovery Surcharge & Va Personal Property Tax Recovery for IP Transit

[Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>]

On 1/6/20 9:39 AM, Siyuan Miao wrote:
> - Va Personal Property Tax Recovery (1.8%)
> - Cost Recovery Surcharge (3%)?

These sound like your typical BS "authorized fees" many carriers at all 
levels love to levy.  They're basically attempting to itemize various 
regulatory (i.e. regulations they have to comply with just like any 
business would) overhead and pass it on to you directly.  Cable 
companies and incumbent telecoms love to do this since it's a way to 
make more money without raising base rates that they actually have to 
quote to people.

They were probably described deep in the bowels of your contract.  If 
not...you might be able to get out of them.
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Brandon Martin