Page 1 - Account Information, Charges and Due Date

1. Account Number
Your unique Everest account number.

2. Invoice Date
This date indicates your billing period. Your bill will be mailed on approximately this date.

3. Previous Charges
This is the amount owed for services used during your last billing period as well as any payments received.

4. Current Charges
This reflects the amount owed for services during this billing period.

5. Prorated
This column represents charges for service that was activated or discontinued during the previous billing period.

6. Current
This column represents your recurring service charges. Recurring charges are billed one month in advance.

7. Taxes and Surcharges
These charges are required or authorized by law. These amounts are totaled from the tax charges on each of the service pages on your bill.

8. Total Amount Due
This is the sum of your Previous Charges and Current Charges.

9. Payment Due
This is the date your payment must be received in order to avoid late charges.

Page 2 - Bundled Services

1. Bundle
This page is included in your first bill if you purchased a bundle. It details all of the services included in the bundle.

Page 3 - Service Order and/or Installation Charges

1. Service Order and/or Installation Charges
This page will detail any installation or service order charges that were assessed in the previous month.

Page 4 - Local Telephone Services

1. Local Telephone Services
This page details your phone charges for the billing period

2. Date(s)
These dates reflect the period of time corresponding to the charges. Dates will be for more that one month's service if there is a prorated column for newly activated or deactivated service.

3. Long Distance Carrier
This section contains the name of the long distance provider that you've selected.

4. Taxes and Surcharges

End User Common Line
This federally ordered charge billed by your local telephone company pays part of the cost to the local telephone company of supplying a phone line into your home or business. It is designed to help local phone companies recover the cost of providing "local loops" which refers to outside telephone wires, underground conduit, telephone poles, and other equipment and facilities connecting you to the telephone network.

FED USF Surcharge
The charge is designed to ensure affordable access to telecommunications services for telephone customers with low incomes, telephone customers who live in areas where the cost of providing telephone service is extremely high, libraries, schools, and rural healthcare providers.

Federal Excise Tax
This tax appears on both your local and long distance phone bills. It is charged as a set percentage regardless of which telephone service provider you use.

KS USF Surcharge
This is charged only in Kansas as a set percentage of intrastate usage. It serves a similar purpose in the State of Kansas as the USF serves on a national basis.

Local 911 Tax
This tax helps fund local 911 service.

Local Number Portability Charge
This fee allows local telephone companies to recover costs associated with supporting the technical capability to allow a consumer or business to retain their existing telephone number when switching to another local provider.

State and Local Tax
State and local governments assess various taxes in different ways and at different rates. Proceeds go to the local governing body. It can be imposed on the revenues of local telephone companies, and long-distance companies operating within a state. Although these taxes vary by your location, they are the same for all providers serving that area.

Regulatory Surcharge
An assessment on interstate revenues that is used to fund free services for people with hearing or speech disabilities to communicate over the phone via a keyboards and a viewing screen (TTD).

Page 5 - Long Distance Services

1. Long Distance Services
This page will be included in your bill if you have selected Everest as your long distance provider. In addition, this page will also include various other usage-based charges such as directory assistance.

2. Date(s)
These dates reflect the period of time corresponding to the charges. Dates will be for more that one month's service if there is a prorated column for newly activated or deactivated service.

3. Taxes and Surcharges

FED USF Surcharge
The charge is designed to ensure affordable access to telecommunications services for telephone customers with low incomes, telephone customers who live in areas where the cost of providing telephone service is extremely high, libraries, schools, and rural healthcare providers.

Federal Excise Tax
This tax appears on both your local and long distance phone bills. It is charged as a set percentage regardless of which telephone service provider you use.

KS USF Surcharge
This is charged only in Kansas as a set percentage of intrastate usage. It serves a similar purpose in the State of Kansas as the USF serves on a national basis.

Regulatory Surcharge
An assessment on interstate revenues that is used to fund free services for people with hearing or speech disabilities to communicate over the phone via a keyboards and a viewing screen (TTD).

State and Local Tax
State and local governments assess various taxes in different ways and at different rates. Proceeds go to the local governing body. It can be imposed on the revenues of local telephone companies, and long-distance companies operating within a state. Although these taxes vary by your location, they are the same for all providers serving that area.

Page 6 - Cable Entertainment Services

1. Cable Entertainment Services
This page details your cable charges for the billing period.

2. Date(s)
These dates reflect the period of time corresponding to the charges. Dates will be for more that one month's service if there is a prorated column for newly activated or deactivated service.

3. Taxes and Surcharges

FCC User Fee
A fee designed to cover the cost of FCC cable oversight.

Special Municipal Charge - Franchise Fee
Many local governments require telecommunications service providers to pay a franchise fee to operate within the local government boundaries. The fee is established by a local ordinance and collected by the local government. The fee may be different for different telecommunications providers.

State and Local Tax
State and local governments assess various taxes in different ways and at different rates. Proceeds go to the local governing body. It can be imposed on the revenues of local telephone companies, and long-distance companies operating within a state. Although these taxes vary by your location, they are the same for all providers serving that area.

4. Cable Franchise Community ID #
ID number of the governing body that has issued Everest a cable franchise.

Page 7 - High-Speed Internet Services

1. High-Speed Internet Services
This page details your Internet charges for the billing period.