Verizon Fights The Brave Fight

[HBox]

<p>Verizon earlier this year fought to deregulate DSL service. they won and as a result the Universal Serive Fund tax wil no longer be imposed on consumers as of this month. It was a $1.25 a month for 768kbps customers and $2.83 a month for 3Mbps.</p><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14458159/" target="_blank">So guess what verizon decided to do this month?</a></p><p>Verizon Communications Inc. is imposing a new
surcharge on high-speed Internet service just as customers were set to
receive lower bills thanks to a decision last year to deregulate the
service.</p><p class="textBodyBlack">In a
recent notice to customers, the telecommunications company said it
would begin imposing the surcharge for all new digital-subscriber line
customers, and on current DSL customers with monthly plans. Customers
on an annual plan will start paying when their plan expires.</p><p class="textBodyBlack">The
surcharge will initially be $1.20 a month for customers with service up
to 768 kilobits per second and $2.70 per month for customers with
faster DSL service, according to the company.</p><p class="textBodyBlack">So if anyone here is actually taking them at their word in the net neutrality fight, think again.<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

So basically, instead of collecting a tax for the government, they're collecting a fee for themselves. Good to know they care about the customer.

[HBox]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br />So basically, instead of collecting a tax for the government, they're collecting a fee for themselves. Good to know they care about the customer.<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I'm sure that when arguing for deregulation they argued how great it would be for the consumer.&nbsp;</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p>Yep. And what are American consumers going to do about it?</p><p align="justify"><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/images/member_avatars/Hayden1.gif" border="0" /></p>