Verizon Looking to Land More Profit

"Verizon to require landline in DSL package; Move will affect new customers" y Gail Waterhouse  |  Globe Correspondent, April 07, 2012

Verizon will require new customers who want its high-speed DSL Internet service to also buy a landline phone connection, a move the company said would allow it to better control costs.

But Parul P. Desai, policy counsel at Consumers Union, said she believed the move makes little sense for consumers, many of whom are moving away from landline use.

“This is just another way to get more money out of consumers’ pocketbooks,’’ she said. “Especially when people are relying more and more on wireless phones.’’

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