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Verizon said it plans to add $2-$3 a month to its customers’ DSL ...

Verizon said it plans to add $2-$3 a month to its customers’ DSL bills to cover its universal service contributions, starting in May in eastern states and June in the West. A spokesman said Verizon’s DSL prices have dropped…

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over the past year from “as high as $60 a month to today’s price of $34.95, or $29.95 for customers who also have Verizon local and long distance service.” The company has been absorbing the $2-$3 per line cost, but with more than 2.5 million subscribers, it has become a large expense, he said. He noted that cable modem competitors don’t pay the same type of universal service fund charge.