DirecTV, DISH: FCC Shouldn't Hike Regulatory Fees

Satellite operators have told the Federal Communications Commission that it would be wrong to charge them a per-subscriber regulatory fee along the lines of that charged for cable operators. The FCC supports itself entirely through those fees, which it charges based on how much employee time is taken up with filings, applications and other work related to a particular service. DBS operators currently pay per satellite license rather than per subscriber.