I know that this has been discussed many times before but since we have a lot of new members on this board, it might be time to renew the subject.

I just received my GTE phone bill with my MCI long distance charges and wanted to share it with you. For a little history, I do not make a lot of LD calls at all. Maybe 1 or 2 every couple of months or so.

I made 2 calls for a total of 3 minutes totaling $.39 in May. So here is the breakdown of the add on's to the bill to show you what my 2 calls cost me:

Total Long Distance....................$ .39
Carrier Access Charge..................$1.46
Federal Universal Service Fee..........$ .54
MCI One Partial Minimun Usage Fee......$4.61
Federal Excise Tax.....................$ .24
State & Local Taxes....................$ .80
Federal, State & Local Surcharges......$ .99
Universal Lifeline Telephone SVC's.....$ .02
California High Cost Fund-B Surcharge..$ .12
California 911 Surcharge...............$ .03
CA Relay SVC & Comm. Devices Fund .....$ .01
Total MCI Charges......................$9.21

So it cost me $9.21 to make those 2 calls and to collect my monthly 1000 CO miles which are worth something around $.02 per mile. Just thought it was worthwhile to point out how much of our LD bills are actually going for the calls.