AT&T explains its new 61 cent/month administrative fee policy

AT&T started this month charging an administrative fee of $.61/month/user for its mobile customers in addition to its current fees. While the fee may be small, as the Verge notes it adds ‘up to hundreds of millions of dollars’ over 24 month contracts and millions of customers.

According to AT&T the administrative fee will "help cover certain expenses, such as interconnection and cell site rents and maintenance." It also added that the charge is "consistent with similar fees charged by other carriers."

That’s right - Verizon and Sprint have higher administrative charges.

This sort of reminds me of the old ATM fee ordeal. It seems funny to me that my phone bill for 2 phones is over $200 so 61 cents isn’t my main complaint. Other people in various comment sections add in other genius like tidbits including “AT&T sucks” and the usual we hate corporations while they type on their computer or mobile device using internet all owned by big corporations.

Prices go up, not down. Get over it.