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Verizon (and AT&T, also) are actually raising their rates, if you look into the fine print closely. The (internal sales documents) were about increasing revenue and increasing customers, esp. prepaid.
For example, I have US Sprint 500 min/mo voice, unlimited text/data for $69/mo (all my mobile-mobile are free), but I would have to pay $90/mo or more for what they (big blue and att) are offering. Also, Verizon doubled the early termination last month for smartphones, to something like $350 (FCC is complaining loudly, look for this to change).
Verizon is also sending me crawl mail every month to change my 1.5mb dsl/landline for $75/mo (which I got 6 years ago, and absolutely hate) to something like 1.0mb dsl/landline for $90+mo. They actually advertise 3.0mb dsl for my area, but the outside plant (aerial cables on telephone poles) is from the dinosaur era, could barely support POTS (plain old telephone service), and won't possibly work for high speed. I used to be a contract telephone engineering designer for AT&T, GTE, and SW Bell, and worked on the fiber/dsl in my area before and during the 6-7 years when they were trying to get it to just "work", the physical hardware was a disaster (even for POTS). They didn't upgrade then, and haven't made a single upgrade in my area since. They go "where the money is...".
The real reason for this is the new gov broadband plan...
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