What does SAF mean?
I don't understand what SAF means on my monthly bill. It costs $6.95 / mo. Is it a compulsory fee?
Fred_30746
(Mar 17, 2011)
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SAF refers to "System Access Fee", a extra charge added by several Canadian cell phone carriers on top of the regular monthly usage charges.
From Wikipedia:
The System access fee is a highly controversial non-governmental surcharge imposed by most Canadian telephone companies on their customers' monthly bills. Although it is normally charged for wireless services, Rogers Communications also charges its home phone customers a System Access Fee.
It normally amounts to $6.95/month (the System Access Fee on Rogers Home Phone Services is $5.95/month). For example, if a wireless plan has been advertised at $20/month, the customer subscribing to it would actually be paying an unadvertised rate of at least $26.95/month, excluding other fees and government taxes.
Bill C-555 was proposed by Libreal MP David McGuinty in 2008, attempting to put an end to the system access fee and create other transparencies in pricing.