The Regulatory Compliance Recovery and Administrative Cost Recovery Fees are not a government tax, or government-imposed fees, but rather fees collected and retained by Patriot Mobile to help defray and recover certain costs we have already incurred and continue to incur, including:

• Costs of complying with regulatory and industry obligations and programs, such as E911, wireless local number portability costs;
• Costs associated with our network, including operations and maintenance costs paid to other companies for network services and other services we obtain to provide you with service.

Yes, these types of cost recovery fees are common across the wireless industry and have been for many years. They may be called different names by other wireless providers.  Some examples include Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge, a Regulatory Programs Fee or an Administrative and Recovery Charge. 

Note that Patriot Mobile has only recently (as of February 28, 2023) began assessing Regulatory Compliance Recovery and Administrative Cost Recovery Fees despite the fact most of our competitors have been charging these fees for many years.   We only made the decision to assess these fees as a result of the unprecedented inflation we are experiencing in our country which has resulted in higher operating costs for Patriot Mobile.

The Regulatory Compliance Recovery and Administrative Cost Recovery Fees are applied to each line on your Patriot Mobile account.  For clarity, each of these fees are listed separately from your plan pricing on your monthly bill.

The Regulatory Administrative Cost Recovery Fee of 1% and a Compliance Recovery Fee of 2.5% of the plan’s listed price for each line associated with your account. 

• The fees are assessed to theREGULAR, NON-DISCOUNTED, LISTED PRICE OF EACH LINE associated with the account (not the discounted line cost for multi-line, first-responder, or other discounts). For example:

For example:

• The $35 plan would incur fees as follows:

                                    Regulatory Compliance Recovery Fee:  2.5% * $35 = $0.875

                                    Administrative Cost Recovery Fee: 1% * $35 = $0.35

Total increase to customer bill for this line = $1.225

• The $50 plan would incur fees as follows:

Regulatory Compliance Recovery Fee: 2.5% * $50 = $1.250

                        Administrative Cost Recovery Fee: 1% * $50 = $0.50

                                                Total increase to customer bill for this line = $1.75

Patriot Mobile only began assessing the Regulatory Compliance Recovery and Administrative Cost Recovery Fees on February 28, 2023.