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Verizon to require landline as part of DSL package Move will affect new customers By Gail Waterhouse
Globe Correspondent / April 7, 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.
The telecommunications giant told customers this week it would no longer offer high-speed Internet service as a standalone feature. As of May 6, people who want its DSL high-speed service will need to add a landline connection to their account.
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.
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