Verizon Turns Up Marketing Effort for Internet Deal

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) has taken to the phone lines in its all-out efforts to land customers for its “high-speed Internet” service which supports up to 1 mbps, after a deluge of direct-mail pieces that also pushed the promotion.

With time running out ― the deal ends at month’s end ― Verizon is calling customers and leaving long, automated voice mails to get consumers to sign up at $9.95 per month for the first six months of a one-year term.