Verizon: Drop your landline, get a discount

Ditching that old-school landline could pay off.

Verizon Communications says it will offer discounts to landline-free wireless customers who combine Internet or TV service from the company. The discounts will range from $8 to $21 a month, depending on the wireless package.

The Associated Press reports that Verizon will introduce the Flex Double Play bundle starting next week for those who combine a Verizon Wireless plan with broadband or Fios TV, the company's cable TV service.

The discount applies to DSL service with downloads at 3 megabits per second, and to Fios (fiber-optic) broadband at up to 20Mbps, the AP reports. The fastest DSL plan, at 7Mbps, and the fastest Fios service, at 50 mbps, are not eligible for the bundle.

The FlexDouble Play represents the latest pricing move by wireless operators to appeal to consumers who are dropping their traditional phones and looking to consolidate their communications bills.

Now, how about a cool-retro discount for those of us who still like to talk on phones with cords attached?

[yna1]

OR! Those of us whose only connetion is landline/satalite; welome to rural everywhere, 24.6 on a ratty phone line and only 1.5 meg on an $85/mth sat connection. Even a discount doesn't help. ;)

[rmva]

Leslie,

Verizon has had landline bundles up the ying-wang. The news here is that Verizon is adding bundles for its Verizon Wireless customers as well.

[dougzv]

What are you talking about a discount. Currently Verizon is charging me $10 more a month because I have DSL without a land line even though I am a wireless customer. So now I can get a discount and pay what everyone who has a land line pays. Their not giving anybody anything, their just taking away their extra $10 fee because people are switching to cable internet because it's twice as fast for the same price.

[modthocn]

Verizon is the perfect service for those who do not have to pay for the service ? like corporate users. And the coverage that it offers backs up the fact that the prices are so high when compared to Verizon's competitors. If you are a corporate user, then most likely you will not have a choice what service you get. If you get Verizon, you will most likely be happy because Verizon offers up such good coverage. free PSP games

[aka_tripleB]

That would be a horrible deal if Verizon was the phone company here. If it weren't for a landline, I would not have reliable phone service at home. To get a decent signal, I have to walk two blocks. I miss just about every call. And it's not just Verizon that has bad cell service at my house, so giving up a landline won't happen any time soon.

[barrpete]

[i_am_still_wade]

So now Verizon's fee are going back to what other normally charge. Wonderful. Any chance they will un-cripple the phones so that features they charge for I can get for free?

[artis11]

this is a cool personal website.

[JoeF2]

Isn't that the company who just dropped 100,000 newsgroups?
Why in the world should I buy a phone/Internet bundle from a company that is happy to censor what people have access to?

[benjaminstraight]

Whatever happened to rotary-dial phones?

[aecdesigns4u]

I currently have dsl, landline and wireless with att/verizon... their discount is just ofsetting the rate hikes. My landline often doesn't work, due to their support trucks always knocking the wrres at the main junction box off (i guess they are creating job security for themselves). Furthuremore, dsl service is slower and wireless connection drops... why don't I change... wellI tried that and had to combine the companiy price on all services is cheaper for one company not several companies. Excuse my spell check errors.. I'm watching the Lakers win!


Go Lakers! and come home with the Win! Making History? will they ? well CA is rooting for them. Nothing Personal Boston... We Love you too. Great things happen in the USA.. including CHEERS!

[robertmro]

Don't trust them!

[rhomp2002]

My problem is that i am a little hard of hearing. If I wear my hearing aids there is an interference so I can't use the phone. If I don't wear my hearing aids, not necessary for most uses, I can't hear a thing on the phone. I have tried all kinds of cell phones and they all suck for my uses because of this problem. Does anyone know of any cell phone that addresses the hard of hearing at all? The hearing aids where you can supposedly dial down to make phones work better don't work with cell phones properly (before anyone suggests that).

[benjaminstraight]

Verizon offers a fairly good deal. Let's see how popular it is.