Verizon

Verizon is an unholy alliance of various predecessors, including Bell Atlantic, GTE, Cellular One and any number of smaller companies gobbled up in the telecommunications consolidation frenzy of the late 1990s.

The theory behind Congress' 1996 deregulation of the telephone industry, you may recall, was to provide more competition in local, long-distance, cellular and Internet services. What in fact we see happening is a few gargantuas eating everything in sight. Soon, Verizon, SBC and BellSouth will be the primary providers of local, long-distance and cellular communications and anyone who doesn't like it can write to Congress if that makes them feel better.

Verizon

• Local Service
• Wireless Service
• "Enhanced" Services
• Long Distance
• DSL Service
• Verizon Fios
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News

• Video - Verizon Introduces The Droid
• Verizon Pays $21 Million to Settle Termination Fee Lawsuit
• Verizon Snaps Up Alltel
• Verizon Rolls Out Unlimited Calling
• Verizon Wireless Changes Contract Policy
• Verizon Cuts Off Northern New England
• Verizon Joins BellSouth in Retreat From Unexplained New DSL Fee
• Verizon Tacks On New DSL Fees
• Verizon Limits Its "Unlimited" Wireless Broadband Service
• Verizon Wireless Cuts Early Termination Fee
• Michigan Charges Verizon's Rates Are Excessive
• Verizon Completes MCI Purchase