Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for online payment

Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for online payment

By PETER SVENSSON
The Associated Press

Published Dec 30, 2011 09:35AM MDT

New York • Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards.
The company said this “convenience fee” will be introduced Jan. 15.
The fee won’t apply to electronic check payments or to automatic credit card payments set up through Verizon’s AutoPay system. Paying by credit card in a Verizon store will also be free, as will mailing a check.
Other carriers have ...

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