Verizon Offers 'Quadruple Play' DiscountsFinally begins offering discounts for bundling wireless with DSL, FiOS 12:24PM Monday Oct 19 2009 by Karl Bodetags: business · telco · Verizon FIOS · Verizon Online DSL · wirelessLast summer Verizon hinted that they were gearing up to offer discounts for bundling wireless service with TV, DSL or FiOS (they currently only offer wireless users one bill). Today Verizon announced that those bundles had arrived -- at least for consumers in their Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets. According to big red, they're offering a new $134.99 "quadruple play" price for FiOS users who bundle FiOS, FiOS TV, home voice service and wireless service. DSL customers can pay $124.99 for a similar DirecTV bundle. Two example bundles: The basic Verizon quad-play FiOS bundle consists of the national Verizon Wireless calling plan of 450 minutes, Freedom Essentials voice service, FiOS Internet service with downstream/upstream connection speeds of up to 15/5 Mbps and FiOS TV Essentials service for $134.99 per month with a one-year agreement. For customers served by Verizon's copper network, the lead quad-play bundle consists of the national Verizon Wireless calling plan of 450 minutes, a Freedom Essentials calling plan, HSI service with downstream connection of up to 3 Mbps and the DIRECTV® PLUS DVRÔ package for $124.99 per month. A one-year Verizon commitment and a two-year DIRECTV commitment with hardware lease are required with these bundles. Users can mix and match their discounts with faster or slower speeds. For instance, wireless users on 450 minute plans can also bundle 1 Mbps DSL, home phone and DirecTV's basic "Choice" tier for $115 a month. "Simply put, the larger your plan -- in terms of Internet speed and TV content -- the greater the savings," Verizon spokesman Robert Elek tells us. "The lesser the speed of your Internet, the lower the annual savings," he says. Maybe we're missing it, but we don't see what for many would be the more enticing double play discount bundle of wireless and DSL or FiOS. Your thoughts on the new offers? Update: We spoke to Verizon, who tells us there is a DSL and wireless double play, but no FiOS and wireless double play, something the company says was a "strategic decision for now." Related:- Verizon: LTE iPhone 'Apple's Decision'
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 |  |  |  glinc
join:2009-04-07 New York, NY | .... just wondering if I can get any type of bundle from my family plan. | |
|  |   Geminimind Premium join:2003-12-20 Sacramento, CA | Re: .... I left vz because of the price | |
|  |  |   funchords Hello Premium,MVM join:2001-03-11 Washington, DC
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| Re: .... said by Geminimind :I left vz because of the price Price and customer-service incompetence are probably the two biggest reasons people leave VZ. -- Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- District of Columbia -- KJ7RL Test your Broadband connection today! -- »measurementlab.net/ | |
|  |  |  |  jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04 USA | Re: .... It's why we left VZ. | |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  glinc
join:2009-04-07 New York, NY | I would if there was better service on other carriers in my area. I'm paying about $190/month for 5 lines on family plan and my fiostv/internet about $120 and I only get 1yr of HBO free. | |
|  |   R4M0N Brazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
join:2000-10-04 Glen Allen, VA | I just need one thing Wireless / FIOS bundle and discount... If I could get that, I'd be set... Until then I'm keeping cable for internet and Verizon for my wireless service.
I have no need or desire for anything else. | |
|  |  chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23 | 115$ for 1 meg and tv CRAZYT BULLSHIT
give me 5 meg unlimited at 30$ ISD and i can do it all myself | |
|  |   aaronwt Premium join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA
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| Re: 115$ for 1 meg and tv said by chronoss2009 :CRAZYT BULLSHIT give me 5 meg unlimited at 30$ ISD and i can do it all myself That's 450 minute plans bundled with 1 Mbps DSL, home phone and DirecTV's basic "Choice" tier for $115 a month.
Which is a very good deal. My girlfriend pays around $70 for just 768kbs DSL and home phone service.. Verizon wireless is $40 and the plan also has DirecTV basic. $115 a month is a good deal for all that. | |
|  |  |   brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07 Brooklyn, NY | Re: 115$ for 1 meg and tv Dont forget that big contract you have to sign . | |
|  |  |  |  |  herbz3
join:2005-07-14 Somerset, NJ | Where are you Fios :'( GOD D***IT WHERE ARE YOU FIOS?! :'(
(goes and cries in a corner) | |
|  |   Van Premium join:2009-07-08 Washington, DC | Re: Where are you Fios :'( I feel your pain
We are waiting for it as they build around us.
They can't give us an ETA but we think it is later next year
Ugh.... | |
|   Packeteers Premium join:2005-06-18 Forest Hills, NY | DSL and wireless double play anyone know what this will be exactly? I have Verizon 3mb DSL and MagicJack. I'd consider getting a cellphone if the bundle is cheap enough. | |
|   ajc aka IGnatius T Foobar
join:2000-05-06 Mount Kisco, NY
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| Can I re-up early to get the bundle? I'm a happy happy happy FiOS triple play customer. Right now I'm using AT&T for our wireless phones, but I'd consider switching those to VZ if there were some serious savings involved. Would VZ allow replacing my existing triple play contract with a quadruple play contract?
Whatever it takes to save money, right? I was even thinking of switching to Wal-Mart Wireless (tm) just to save a few pennies. This would be better. -- Art Cancro UNCENSORED! BBS »uncensored.citadel.org | |
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