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According to this months bills, effective July 1 Verizon is raising rates for
international calls over 100%. Calls currently priced at .65/minute are being
raised to $1.49. Calls to Canada and Mexico, curently at .20/minute will be
charged .49/minute.
On top of this, you will still be charged airtime.
Always looking to increase the average revenue per subscriber per month, Verizon
is hoping this will push people to add subscriptions to their monthly
"international" addon plan. Its interesting to note that adding this additional
$4.99/month does not eliminate the international per minute fee, it just lowers
it to a more realistic number.
Verizon seems to be taking notes from certain credit card companies who
surcharge international transactions - even ones that are billed in US Dollars.
According to this months bills, effective July 1 Verizon is raising rates for
international calls over 100%. Calls currently priced at .65/minute are being
raised to $1.49. Calls to Canada and Mexico, curently at .20/minute will be
charged .49/minute.
On top of this, you will still be charged airtime.
Always looking to increase the average revenue per subscriber per month, Verizon
is hoping this will push people to add subscriptions to their monthly
"international" addon plan. Its interesting to note that adding this additional
$4.99/month does not eliminate the international per minute fee, it just lowers
it to a more realistic number.
Verizon seems to be taking notes from certain credit card companies who
surcharge international transactions - even ones that are billed in US Dollars.