It seems Verizon is using a tried and tested method to hide bad news with good news folks
http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/site/msa/?epi-content=GENERICCONTENT&viewID=content&action=announcementview&epi_menuItemID=3b5b13ac7c2403335f23b61153295c48&nv=F-iv&hsl=true&fr=y&id=FUSFGood news ...
Verizon Online will cease charging an FUSF recovery fee, beginning August 14, 2006. We are eliminating this fee because Verizon Online's supplier will no longer be assessing this surcharge on Verizon Online as of this date. The impact of the elimination of the FUSF fee is as follows: for DSL customers of Verizon Online's up to 768Kbps service, the fee eliminated is $1.25.month; for DSL customers of Verizon Online's up to 1.5Mbps and 3Mbps services, the fee eliminated is $2.83/month (based on current FUSF surcharge amounts).
Bad news...
Effective August 26, 2006, Verizon Online will begin charging a Supplier Surcharge for all new DSL customers, existing customers with a DSL monthly or bundle package, and existing DSL annual plan customers at the time their current annual plan expires. The surcharge is not a government imposed fee or a tax; however, it is intended to offset costs we incur from our network supplier in providing Verizon Online DSL service. The underlying supplier surcharge helps Verizon to recover the cost of a local telephone line in situations where Verizon does not simultaneously provide both local voice and Internet services. The Supplier Surcharge will initially be set at $1.20/month for Verizon Online's up to 768Kbps service customers and $2.70/month for customers provisioned at higher DSL speeds.
Equals ...
On balance your total bill will remain about the same as it has been or slightly lower.
I suspect any possible saving was wasted on sending out letters to subscribers and the associated mail charges :roll:
