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by wpietri 1924 days ago
Nah, it's cheaper and easier for them to mandate that the companies take care of it.
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They do but then the companies pay it forward to their customers. There’s a whole list of itemized fees on a cellular bill. Those aren’t collected “for” the government. The company is just itemizing it for you, probably so that they can neglect to advertise it in their contract sticker price.