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Verizon to Pay MCI $169 Million for
Connection Fees

Verizon to Pay MCI $169 Million for
Connection Fees 01/07/2004 01:53 PM
A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a settlement under which Verizon Communications Inc. will pay MCI Inc. $169 million to settle a long-standing dispute over a type of network-connection fee.

Wayport's Wi-Fi World Switches from
Per-Connection to Per-Venue Fees

Wayport's Wi-Fi World Switches from
Per-Connection to Per-Venue Fees 05/24/2004 11:09 PM
Wayport will announce Tuesday a significant change in how hotspot builders charge hotspot resellers and aggregators: In a press and analyst briefing on Monday, Wayport disclosed Wi-Fi World, their name for a pricing model for partnering with retail chain stores and reselling access to aggregators and others for a fixed monthly fee per location instead of a per-connection rate. Resellers choose their own pricing for subscribers and do not share that revenue with Wayport. In a clear swipe at T-Mobile's arrangement with Starbucks, Borders, and Kinko's, in which, according to many sources, the cell company bears the cost of the network and operations and shares revenue with its venues, Wayport's CEO Dave Vucina said, that a retail partnership "shouldn't be about how much they can get for free form the provider but should be more about their core business and driving enormous traffic for their core business." The current model for venue operators that resell access, such as Wayport, Surf and Sip, and Concourse, is to charge a small, fixed fee for each daily connection to the reseller, such as iPass, Boingo, Sprint PCS, or Verizon Wireless. While Wayport doesn't disclose those fees, they are estimated to be from 25 cents to $1.00 per connection. The provider typically pays the venue about half of that connection fee, or subtracts that fee from monthly recurring billing, depending on how much of the installation costs the venue has paid and other factors. Vucina said that in that model, the impetus has been on the hotspot provider or retail venue to drive traffic, as the reseller had little upside and very little cost to recover. But with Wi-Fi World, resellers that could include phone companies, cell operators, cable companies, service aggregators, Internet service providers, and firms outside telecom entirely--any firm with a large mobile customer base--can retain all subscriber fees regardless of usage by their customers. In Wayport's Wi-Fi World, resellers will pay $32 per month on average for each of the McDonald's restaurants. Wayport expects to have about 8,000 McDonald's restaurants in its next within 12 months, which would result in fees of roughly $250,000 per reseller per month or $3,000,000 per year. These fees could increase over time as usage increases, Vucina said, while venues with less traffic might have lower per location charges. Wireless analyst John Yunker with Byte Level Research, who was briefed on the announcement, said "flat fees...

HotFix Watch: You are not prompted to
reset the server connection account
during a site reset after you manually
change the server connection account

HotFix Watch: You are not prompted to
reset the server connection account
during a site reset after you manually
change the server connection account 04/25/2004 12:41 PM

"fees"

"fees" 04/13/2005 08:19 AM

Verizon to add DSL fees

Verizon to add DSL fees 04/13/2004 03:45 PM
The carrier's prices will rise up to $3 a month, with the increase labeled as a government-imposed fee the company had been including in its basic rate.

The Fund Fees You Don't See

The Fund Fees You Don't See 02/18/2004 02:52 PM
A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find.

Legal fees hit Microsoft

Legal fees hit Microsoft 04/25/2004 06:57 AM
Australian IT Apr 25 2004 11:12AM GMT

Licence fees and GDP per capita

Licence fees and GDP per capita 12/06/2003 12:25 AM
Rishab writes: I've prepared a table comparing the $560 cost of a single windows + office licence to GDP/capita for 176 countries and some geographical aggregates. In India, GDP/capita is $462 so the licence cost of windows is 14.5 months of average income, translated into US terms that's $42725. Not surprisingly, the higher this effective cost, the higher the BSA-estimated piracy rate. Read all about it....

Blockbuster To Pay Up For No Late Fee
Fees

Blockbuster To Pay Up For No Late Fee
Fees 03/29/2005 02:05 PM
Following Blockbuster's plan to drop late fees in favor of a longer grace period and then a large lump charge for "buying the movie" if you waited too long to return the film, New Jersey came along and sued Blockbuster for being misleading about its "no late fees" marketing slogan. Apparently, 46 other states jumped on the bandwagon and sued as well. Sensing trouble, it appears that Blockbuster has given in and will pay up a fine, refund fees paid and change their marketing program away from the "no late fees" claim. It still seems like Blockbuster had a valid claim here. A late fee is a "punishment" fee for returning a product late. Blockbuster wasn't punishing customers, but simply assuming that they were buying the video in question. In other words, people were getting something in return for those fees -- not just randomly charged.

Of air rage and late fees

Of air rage and late fees 12/19/2004 03:03 PM
ZDNet Dec 18 2004 12:50AM GMT

Top-up fees 'not enough'

Top-up fees 'not enough' 02/11/2004 11:06 PM
Universities are asking for £8.7bn from taxpayers, even if top-up fee plans are passed by Parliament.

Lib Dems put focus on top-up fees

Lib Dems put focus on top-up fees 04/07/2005 07:58 AM
Charles Kennedy highlights Lib Dem plans to abolish student fees and cut primary school classe sizes.

Clarke 'confident' on top up fees

Clarke 'confident' on top up fees 01/22/2004 10:17 AM
The education secretary says the top-up fees vote might be "tight" but says he is "very confident" about winning.

Will Government win top-up fees vote?

Will Government win top-up fees vote? 01/26/2004 07:19 AM
Another concession is being offered to Labour rebels by the Government to try to stop them voting against plans for university funding. What's your view?

Fees come to social networking

Fees come to social networking 01/27/2004 12:09 AM
Tickle, the Friendster competitor formerly known as Emode, is first out of the gate with fees for some social networking services.

Top-up fees vote: Your reaction

Top-up fees vote: Your reaction 01/27/2004 02:50 PM
The government has won their vote on top-up fees for universities by majority of five votes. What do you think about the outcome?

Road tax, car fees set to get hi-tech

Road tax, car fees set to get hi-tech 05/19/2004 07:26 PM
Calcutta Telegraph May 19 2004 11:49PM GMT

Kenya: Internet Fees Set to Go Up

Kenya: Internet Fees Set to Go Up 08/30/2004 12:09 PM
AllAfrica.com Aug 30 2004 4:33PM GMT

Opposition to tuition fees

Opposition to tuition fees 01/27/2004 07:05 AM
MPs from Northern Ireland who sit in parliament intend to vote against the government's proposals on tuition fees.

Most Scottish MPs to vote on fees

Most Scottish MPs to vote on fees 01/18/2004 03:47 AM
Most Scots MPs plan to vote on the introduction of tuition fees in English universities, a BBC survey finds.

Beware of Redemption Fees

Beware of Redemption Fees 07/29/2004 09:57 AM
There's an almost-reasonable fee funds charge, but don't get caught by it.

EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees (AP)

EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees (AP) 02/07/2005 01:13 AM
AP - Less than a month after announcing a price hike that enraged small business owners, eBay Inc. said it would reduce some fees and promised to improve customer service.

EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees

EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees 02/07/2005 01:30 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 7 2005 1:32AM GMT

Go online to flee the fees

Go online to flee the fees 09/27/2004 07:30 AM
Charlotte.com - Mon Sep 27, 08:19 am GMT

Universities to charge top fees

Universities to charge top fees 03/17/2005 02:54 AM
Nine out of 10 universities in England are to charge the most they can in top-up fees from next year.

Top-up fees 'Plan B' put forward

Top-up fees 'Plan B' put forward 01/27/2004 07:05 AM
Lord Puttnam, a former anti-top-up fees rebel, proposes government bonds to help fund universities.

Close call for top-up fees vote

Close call for top-up fees vote 01/22/2004 12:48 PM
The crunch vote on university top-up fees remains on a knife-edge after a major BBC survey of Labour MPs.

SCO sees loss on legal fees

SCO sees loss on legal fees 12/22/2003 10:16 AM
The controversial Unix software company reports a loss for its fourth quarter based largely on hefty legal expenses it has accrued in its intellectual property war against Linux.

Minister to unveil fees solution

Minister to unveil fees solution 06/24/2004 01:45 AM
Support measures for Scottish students studying at English universities after the introduction of top-up fees are to be announced.

Thought for the day:Top-up fees will
cause a brain drain

Thought for the day:Top-up fees will
cause a brain drain 01/22/2004 11:05 PM
Computer Weekly Jan 23 2004 3:13AM GMT

3G licence-holders could sue State over
VAT in fees

3G licence-holders could sue State over
VAT in fees 12/02/2003 10:12 PM
Irish Times Dec 2 2003 8:28PM ET

Credit Card Fees on the Rise

Credit Card Fees on the Rise 05/26/2004 02:59 PM
New consumer report details skyrocketing credit card fees.

Even Death Won't Get You Out Of Early
Termination Fees

Even Death Won't Get You Out Of Early
Termination Fees 06/04/2004 05:36 PM
You know those early termination fees that the wireless carriers like to lock you into? An article on the sorts of complaints people have with their mobile phone providers includes the story of a man who died. When his wife tried to cancel his mobile phone service, she was told she needed to pay the "early termination" fee. Early termination, indeed. The rest of the article includes all of the typical complaints, and points out what everyone knows already: wireless customer service is dreadful and the wireless carriers know it.

Adding Fees To Social Networks

Adding Fees To Social Networks 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
Okay, take an idea that's being done to death all over the internet for free - with new (sometimes deep pocketed) players showing up every day. Then, wait until the market is so saturated that most people are already getting sick of the idea... and then try to charge for it. That appears to be the plan of Tickle (formerly eMode) that is now going to try to start charging for some aspects of their "social network" Friendster-clone. Since they know they're the first, and they must know they're going to face backlash, they're only charging if you want to contact someone who is separated by more than four degrees from you - at which point, I wonder what the point of social networking is? If the idea is to meet friends of friends because they might have similar interests, what's the value in using such a system to meet a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend? Isn't that just a stranger? There are lots of ways to meet strangers online that don't cost money.

Scots MPs prepare for fees vote

Scots MPs prepare for fees vote 01/27/2004 03:34 AM
Scottish MPs could determine Tony Blair's future as he faces a rebellion over university tuition fees.

SCO: No New Lawsuits, But Higher
Licensing Fees?

SCO: No New Lawsuits, But Higher
Licensing Fees? 08/10/2004 09:49 PM
SCO Group recently announced that it will no longer seek legal action against companies running Linux. In lieu of this announcement, companies' interest in protecting themselves from SCO's lawyers has waned.

In a move to counter such complacency, SCO is currently "evaluating" raising it's licensing fee. Blake Stowell, SCO's Public Relations Director, claims that "companies that license now may be able to do so cheaper than if they do so later", alluding that lawsuits could potentially happen again in the future.

Interest in SCO's SCOscource license program has been steadily tailing off which could suggest that many companies believe SCO will lose it's various court battles. If this happens, SCO's claim that Linux contains it's intellectual property would dissolve and the need for licensing would be no more.

News source: ZDnet

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U-turn on gap-year student fees

U-turn on gap-year student fees 06/23/2004 12:33 PM
The government amends a bill bringing in higher university tuition fees so that gap-year students are not penalised.

SCO's legal fees eat up profits

SCO's legal fees eat up profits 12/23/2003 08:29 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 23 2003 7:52AM ET

Leaders clash over tuition fees

Leaders clash over tuition fees 01/11/2004 01:32 PM
Tony Blair says his student funding reforms are a "tremendous deal", while his opposite number dismisses them as "bad policy".
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