Verizon DSL High Speed Internet News
Verizon Expands High-Speed Internet Access in Weirton
Company upgrades network to make DSL service available to more customers.
October 2, 2006 — Weirton, West Virginia – Verizon has raised the speed limit in the Weirton
area by expanding the availability of its Verizon DSL Internet
(Digital Subscriber Line) access service for local consumers and businesses.
Recent upgrades to Verizon’s network around Pennsylvania Avenue and Marland Heights have allowed more
customers to take advantage of Verizon’s affordable high speed Internet access, as well as other great
new offerings, said H. Stan Cavendish, president of Verizon West Virginia.
“Our DSL customers can experience the Internet fast lane to listen to music, play games, watch streaming
video, shop and work from home,” said Cavendish. “This expansion underscores Verizon’s ongoing commitment
to serve our West Virginia markets.”
Verizon residential customers can subscribe to DSL service for as little as $17.99 per month and combine
it with various telephone calling plans that offer unlimited nationwide long-distance service for as
little as $44.99 per month. For the convenience of one-stop shopping, DIRECTV service from Verizon
also can be added for as little as $44.99 per month, providing residential customers with unlimited
use of their telephone, high speed-Internet access and in-home video service. Verizon also offers
DSL plans for business customers.
Verizon Freedom Essentials offers unlimited local, regional and domestic long-distance calling with the
three most popular calling features – Home Voice Mail, Call Waiting and Caller ID – for as little as
$49.99 a month. Verizon Freedom Value, offering any-distance, unlimited domestic calling but no calling
features, costs $44.99 and is the company’s lowest-priced any-distance calling plan in West Virginia.
Verizon customers can combine either of these plans with the company’s high-speed Internet Access services
and entertainment services from DIRECTV, enabling them to receive all their home communications needs in
one package.
Verizon offers two high-speed DSL Internet service plans to qualifying consumers, one with maximum connection
speeds of up to 768 Kbps (kilobits per second) downstream and 128 Kbps upstream and another with maximum
connection speeds of up to 3.0 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 768 kbps upstream.*
The DIRECTV Total Choice package offers more than 155 channels of 100 percent digital video and music
programming, providing a higher-quality picture and sound than cable’s older analog signals. The package
also offers the ability to add advanced services such as video recorders, interactivity and high-definition
programming. Customers with a qualifying local service package and DIRECTV service can get bundle discounts
and a single bill for calling, Internet and entertainment services.
* NOTE: Actual (throughput) speeds will vary.
Check availability of
Verizon High Speed Internet Service
here on Internet Service Deals.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), a Dow 30 company, is a leader in delivering broadband internet and other wireline
and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon
Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 55 million customers nationwide. Verizon
Business operates one of the most expansive wholly-owned global IP networks. Verizon Telecom is deploying the
nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and
entertainment services to customers. Based in New York, Verizon has a diverse workforce of more than 252,000
and generates annual consolidated operating revenues of approximately $90 billion. For more information,
visit www.verizon.com.
SOURCE: Verizon
