Cutting the Cord: Verizon builds, will cord cutters come? [telecom]

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Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Pay-TV and broadband Internet providers have begun catering to the growing population of cord cutters and cord shavers.

Verizon has begun offering a $59.99 FiOS Internet package with 50 Megabits per second broadband speeds, with local TV channels, HBO, Showtime and a free year of Netflix.

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