To: Daniel S. Mead, President and CEO

Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment

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. Verizon said this “convenience fee’’ will be introduced Jan. 15. This is a blatant show of greed on Verizon's part. As consumers we are fed up and will not pay an added fee just to pay our bill.

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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. Verizon said this “convenience fee’’ will be introduced Jan. 15. This is a blatant show of greed on Verizon's part. As consumers we are fed up and will not pay an added fee just to pay our bill.