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Verizon Wireless backs off its plan to charge a $2 convenience fee

Surrendering to the outrage by consumers and a likely probe by the Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Wireless backed off its plan under which it wanted to charge a fee of $2 to customers paying their bills online. The plan to charge this fee … See all stories on this topic »

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Verizon Wireless Cancels 2 Dollar Convenience Fee After Backlash

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless company, cancels its plan to charge customers two dollars every time they pay their bills online. As it turns out, the company seems to be coming to the same conclusion as its customers. “So you have to pay more even though you’re trying to pay your bill?” Beth Harriage is unimpressed. “What’s the incentive there? You …

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Verizon Wireless Cancels 2 Dollar Convenience Fee After Backlash

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless company, cancels its plan to charge customers two dollars every time they pay their bills online. As it turns out, the company seems to be coming to the same conclusion as its customers. “So you have to pay more even though you’re trying to pay your bill?” Beth Harriage is unimpressed. “What’s the incentive there? You …

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Verizon Wireless Cancels 2 Dollar Convenience Fee After Backlash

Verizon Wireless Cancels 2 Dollar Convenience Fee After Backlash

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless company, cancels its plan to charge customers two dollars every time they pay their bills online. As it turns out, the company seems to be coming to the same conclusion as its customers. “So you have to pay more even though you’re trying to pay your bill?” Beth Harriage is unimpressed. “What’s the incentive there? You …

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Verizon Wireless Admits Wrong Charges, Gives $50 Million

*Verizon Wireless was charging its customers with bogus charges on their bills for web and/or data use that didn’t come with their contracts. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got one too many complaints about Verizon’s billing and now, two years later, here we are at a settlement for 15 million of their customers

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Verizon Wireless Admits Wrong Charges, Gives $50 Million

Verizon Wireless To Issue $90 Million In Refunds

tekgoblin writes “Verizon Wireless had somehow been charging customers extra money on their bills for data that they actually hadn’t been using. Approximately 15 million customers were affected by the erroneous billing error. According to BGR the FCC had been pressuring Verizon to respond to the hundreds of complaints that had been piling up. So Verizon’s answer was to refund all of the …

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Five New Jersey Students Awarded Verizon Foundation Scholarships

NEWARK, N.J. – As the fall semester begins at colleges and universities across the nation, five New Jersey students will have some help paying their bills for school. They are among 675 students nationwide who have received scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year through Verizon’s scholarship program for the children and dependents of company employees.

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Five New Jersey Students Awarded Verizon Foundation Scholarships