Personal Finance and Investing

30.00 Monthly charges
2.70 Surcharge & Other Charges
2.49 Government Taxes & Fees
-1.50 AARP Member Discount
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33.69 Total charges (and the amount that will be autopaid)

Now under surcharges and other fees:
RATE   Amount
33.00   $0.80  Fed USF Cellular: Federal
FLAT   $0.01 FCC   Regulatory Fee (Wireless): Federal
FLAT   $1.89   Operational Compliance Fee
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----- $2.70 Total

What I don't understand is the 33.00 RATE that results in an $0.80 charge. 33%? 33% of what?
Oh, I suppose if I read elleng's link in #1, I'd slowly Grok it.
What does FLAT mean?

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For anyone curious, it's an unlimited talk, unlimited text, and 3 GB / month of data usage.
I don't use anywhere near that amount of data usage, and really ought to get a lower cap and save a few bucks. Particularly because CC doesn't punish one for going over, they just raise the cap to the next tier when it happens. One can then reduce the cap again.