IP: Verizon's 39.95 DSL plan: now you see it, now you don't

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:26:56 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Timothy Barmann <tim () cybertalk com>
> Subject: Verizon's 39.95 DSL plan: now you see it, now you don't
>
> Dave,
>
> Thought IPers might find interesting Verizon's new marketing initiative
> to hide its least expensive DSL plan.
>
> From:
> http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/story.pl/business/05405182.htm
>
>
> > Verizon Communications has been charging $39.95 for its lowest price plan.
> But
> > this week, it quietly began steering customers away from that plan to more
> costly
> > ones that begin at $49.95 a month.
> >
> > Verizon no longer even lists its $39.95 plan on its Web site. Larry Plumb, a
> > company spokesman, said that even though it is not listed, the plan is
> still being
> > offered and the company is not phasing it out. Verizon simply isn't
> promoting the
> > cheaper plan anymore.
> >
> > How would a prospective customer even know about the plan then?
> >
> > "I suppose word of mouth," he said.
>
>
>
> --Timothy Barmann
>   Technology Writer
>   The Providence Journal
>   75 Fountain St.
>   Providence, RI 02902
>   401-277-7369
>   tim () cybertalk com



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