What is the Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee on my bill
U.S. Cellular charges its customers a Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee to defray the costs associated with certain federal and state mandated programs. U.S. Cellular is not required by law to charge this fee. Since implementation costs may change over time, this fee will be subject to change accordingly. The Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee defrays the cost of implementing and maintaining the following programs: • Wireless Number Portability and Number Pooling Wireless Number Portability allows customers to keep their wireless numbers when switching to different carriers . Number pooling is a method to help conserve wireless phone numbers and delay area code exhaustion. • E911 E911 allows emergency response units to more effectively track the locations of wireless 911 calls. • Telephone Text (TTY)/Dual Party Relay TTY and Dual Party Relay assists speech and hearing-impaired individuals with making and receiving messages by telephone.
