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Verizon to require landline in DSL package

Move will affect new customers

By Gail Waterhouse

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 07, 2012

Verizon will require new customers who want its high-speed DSL internet service to also a buy landline telephone, a move the company said would allow it to better control costs. The telecommunications giant told customers this week it would no longer offer high-speed Internet service as a stand alone feature. As of May 6, people who want to its DSL high-speed service will now need to add a land line telephone connection to their account.

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