Verizon Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/verizon/ Watching for inflation here, there and everywhere Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:57:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/inflationwatch.drduru.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-new-hp-money-printing-plates.png-1.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Verizon Archives - Inflation Watch https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/tag/verizon/ 32 32 246324047 Phone companies jack up rates for basic phone service https://inflationwatch.drduru.com/phone-companies-jack-up-rates-for-basic-phone-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=phone-companies-jack-up-rates-for-basic-phone-service Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:57:57 +0000 http://inflationwatch.wordpress.com/?p=960 David Lazarus of the L.A. Times: AT&T customers saw their monthly rate for basic residential phone service jump 22% this month to $16.45. The increase followed a 23% rate hike last year. And you know what? That’s the good news. The bad news is that, beginning in January 2011, AT&T and other phone companies will […]

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AT&T customers saw their monthly rate for basic residential phone service jump 22% this month to $16.45. The increase followed a 23% rate hike last year.

And you know what? That’s the good news.

The bad news is that, beginning in January 2011, AT&T and other phone companies will be permitted to jack up basic rates as much as they want — no regulatory limits will apply.

Meanwhile, Verizon raised the price it charges for basic residential service last year to $19.91 monthly from $17.66, Lazarus reports.

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