Verizon’s Ridiculous Fee, Update #2

On Friday, I mentioned that the FCC got involved in investigating an unscrupulous decision by Verizon DSL to continue charging a fee that was no longer required by the government.

Reuters reports that Verizon gave into market pressure (well, mostly pressure from the regulators) and have dropped the fee.

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1 mapgirl August 31, 2006 at 4:47 pm: YAY! $3-4 back for me! I can go have a latte every month! ;-)
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