It took a few extra days, but Verizon followed fellow incumbent telco BellSouth in deciding to drop a controversial DSL “surcharge,” the Wall Street Journal reports. After offering up a lame rationale for why it needed to continue charging all of its DSL customers an extra fee every month, a fee that was nothing more than a continuation of a no-longer-required FCC-mandated charge, Verizon says it has listened to its customers and will remove the fee from bills.
“We have listened to our customers,” said Bob Ingalls, chief marketing officer of Verizon Telecom, “and are eliminating this charge in response to their concerns.”
Now the telcos’ DSL customers should see a price reduction of about $1 to $3 per month, turning up the heat again on the simmering broadband price war between phone and cable companies.
Update: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is pleased.
Cynthia Brumfield at 4:34 PM|Comments(0)
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