My mother-in-law finally got a laptop last August and I set her up with Verizon DSL at $25 per month since she's a very light user. I also signed her up for autopay. Well, as it turned-out Verizon won't permit her to setup autopay without having landline service. In fact, she can't even pay her bill via mail (she receives it via mail) and they told her they won't accept payment on her account by mail...and they refuses to mail her a bill. Moreover, she has to drive into town to pay her DSL bill each month IN CASH - Verizon will not accept credit card nor check payment on her DSL only account. Yikes! It's not a huge deal since she drives into town to shop every couple weeks, however I'm a little ticked because Verizon stopped signing-up DSL only users shortly afterwards, and they appear to be doing everything to make her want to drop the service. Yikes!
What really sucks is that she had landline service for more than 40-years (mostly with Verizon/Bell whomever) and still has Verizon Wireless and some sort of an add-on box that allows per home phone service to be routed through Verizon Wireless. In fact, she has been with Verizon Wiress for the past 15-years...but they won't/can't consolidate her DSL bill. I would have dumped her Dish subscription and signed her up with FiOS, but they are not availble in her neck-of-the-woods. I feel it is only a matter of time before she receives a letter from Verizon telling her she has to signup for landline service of have her DSL service disconnected...regardless of the fact she is paying Verizon Wireless $100+ per month.