One way to lower the number of messages is to aggregate the costs
per ISP over time. e.g. Rather than accounting for each transaction,
account for N transactions between you and ISP X over Y hours.
The real charges can then be based on differentials, and not on
absolute numbers. "You're charging me $1000 for my mail, but I'm
charging you $900 for mail you sent to me, so I've only got to pay you
$100."
Sure we could do clearing. Any idea what it would take to set up
such a system?
The actual figures would be rather different and go through a
clearing center:
You used $900 worth of mail services during the billing period
You provided $1000 worth of mail services during the billing period
Charge for services used $918.00
Payment of services rendered -$980.00
Billing Fee $50.00
FCC connection surcharge $21.00
ACC intentional fee $12.23
Common fund $10.00
Technology fee $19.00
AMOUNT DUE $50.23
If you think otherwise take a look at your cellphone bill or your cable
bill.
Oh and if you are a private individual you would also owe taxes on the $980
but you could not offset the $918 you paid. The $980 is income, you can only
offset the fees that were necessarily incurred in order to earn that income.
You might arguably claim the $112.23 in charges but only if they were on the
incomming.
So you would actually be out of pocket $343.00 + 50.23 = 393.23 assuming a
35% tax rate.
Phill
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