Internet equipment fee

Customers get very upset with these under the rug fees. These are nothing more than the company creating a back door for annual price increases in addition to tacking on an extra 10% to the bill. It was for these same acts that I fired Directv, and thus I will begin my hunt for an AT&T competitor for high speed internet. If these are anything other than a back door to higher prices and annual price increases then why are customers being held hostage and not allowed a waiver for these fees by purchasing our equipment? This is a joke. I will be canceling soon.