Basically another way for a phone company to give it to you in a not so nice way so they can line their pockets and not yours. But yeah we still pay it because well just about ever carrier charges you the individual for something bogus. Well here is AT&T Bogus charge. It's not required for them to charge it but they still do because even though their plans are over over priced they still think it's too hard for them to lose bairly more than a dollar to the "CHANCE" of having to pay some regulatory fee.