Why do my monthly phone bills in the US always end up being so much higher than the advertised price with all these hidden taxes and fees?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Why do my monthly phone bills in the US always end up being so much higher than the advertised price with all these hidden taxes and fees?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
US wireless phone bill taxes fees carrier administrative fees FCC truth in billing 2026 Google ↗
California wireless telephone service taxes fees 911 surcharge Los Angeles 2026 Google ↗
- SEC. 21.1.3. COMMUNICATIONS USERS TAX. · codelibrary.amlegal.com
- L-1012; 2026 Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Rates (911 and 988 Surcharges) · cdtfa.ca.gov
- Telecommunications Surcharges and User Fees · cpuc.ca.gov
- Surcharge Rates · webproda.cpuc.ca.gov
- Government taxes and fees and Verizon mobile surcharges · verizon.com
- Mobile bill tax and surcharge estimator · verizon.com
- Federal Communications Commission FCC 20-40 · docs.fcc.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US wireless phone bill taxes fees carrier administrative fees FCC truth in billing 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
California wireless telephone service taxes fees 911 surcharge Los Angeles 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 |