Domestic Recent Rate ChangesMCI Anytime Calling: Effective February 1, 2009, your monthly minimum usage fee will increase by $2.00 from $5.99 to $7.99 if you have selected MCI as your interLATA carrier.
MCI Nationwide Select: Effective February 1, 2009, your monthly minimum usage fee will increase by $3.95 from $3.00 to $6.95 if you have selected MCI as your interLATA carrier.
Basic Dial-1 Service: Effective February 1, 2009, the domestic potion of your monthly plan fee will increase by $1 from $5.95 to $6.95 if you have selected MCI as your interLATA carrier.
Notice to customers in DC, DE, MD, MA, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VA:
Effective February 1, 2009, the Company will no longer offer residential local or long distance service to new customers. Customers currently subscribed to Company residential long distance service will no longer be able to move, add to, or change the service to which they are subscribed, except that customers may change to a different Company service for which they are eligible if they wish, and customers of local/long distance integrated service may cancel local features on their service if they wish.
Notice to customers in CA, CT, FL, IN, OH, OR, SC, TX and WA:
Effective February 1, 2009, the Company will no longer offer residential local or long distance service to new customers in areas in which local exchange service is provided by any subsidiary or affiliate of Verizon not subject to www.mci.com. Customers currently subscribed to Company long distance service will no longer be able to move, add to, or change the service to which they are subscribed, except that customers may change to a different Company service for which they are eligible if they wish, and customers of local/long distance integrated service may cancel local features on their service if they wish.
Property Tax Surcharge:
The Property Tax Surcharge will increase from 2.5% to 3.0% on November 1, 2008. This surcharge is applied to interstate and international charges, after applicable discounts and credits, and allows the Company to recover a portion of the property tax that it pays to state and local jurisdictions. This is not a tax or a charge required by the government.
Carrier Cost Recovery Charge:
Effective October 1, 2008, the Carrier Cost Recovery Charge will increase from 1.4% to 2.8% for customers of residential local exchange service and residential local/long distance integrated service, and will increase from $1.25 to $1.49 a month for customers of residential standalone long distance service. This charge helps MCI recover the costs the Company incurs in connection with several federal programs, federal regulatory fees, and the costs associated with state-to-state access charges. This fee is not a tax or charge required by the government.
Paper Billing Fee:
Effective July 1, 2008, the residential Paper Billing Fee is increasing from $0.99 to $1.99 per month. This fee applies to customers who elect to be invoiced directly from the Company and who receive a paper invoice from the Company for service. This fee is not a tax or surcharge required by the government.
Carrier Access Charge B:
Effective May 1, 2007, the Carrier Access Surcharge B is increasing from $3.49 to $4.49 per line. This applies to residential customers. This fee is assessed in order to offset increased charges the company incurs associated with leasing certain network components. This fee is not a tax or surcharge required by the government.
American Samoa
Please click here to review the new IMT charge rate tables.
Federal Universal Service Fee (GSA Section II.C.11.a)
Effective January 1, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission is changing its Industry Universal Service Fund Contribution Percentage to 14.1%. Accordingly, MCI's Federal Universal Service Fee rate will change to 14.1% of all invoiced interstate and international charges, not including taxes. For additional information, please visit www.mci.com/fusf.
International Recent Rate Changes
Effective May 25, 2007, service rates for calls to and from American Samoa will be billed at domestic U.S. Interstate rates rather than international rates. Depending on your plan, your charges for these calls may increase or decrease.
Mexico Operator Station Collect (U.S. Portion):
Effective May 1, 2007, the U.S. portion of the Operator Station-to-Station Collect call from Mexico will be priced at $0.45 per minute for all mileages (0-999+).
International Mobile Termination
Effective January 1, 2007, the International Mobile Termination charge on international calls terminating to wireless devices (i.e. cell phones or pagers) will increase to certain countries. Also, calls to wireless devices in additional countries are now subject to the charge.
Non-Rate Updates to the General Service Agreement (GSA)
Recent changes to your General Service Agreement include changes to Section II.C.10.b :
To reflect federal excise tax updates based on IRS Notice 2006-50 the above referenced section has been deleted from MCI managed GSA.
Updates to the Domestic Services Information
Look for future updates.
Updates to the International Services Information
Look for future updates.