FiOS may be Verizon’s future, but with a loss of 135,000 DSL customers during the third-quarter–its worst reported loss to date–the ILEC wants to do something to stem the bleeding. Its answer is pretty simple: offer six months of DSL for free. Verizon will also extend the free DSL promotion to customers that choose to bundle DSL with their Freedom Essentials (local and long-distance voice …

NEW YORK — Verizon Communications Inc’s third-quarter profit fell a less-than-expected 9% as wireless subscriber gains offset slower-than-anticipated growth in its FiOS television service. While Ver…

Verizon’s FiOS TV service consistently ranks high in customer satisfaction surveys, but its growth rate in the third quarter missed expectations, Multichannel.com reported.

Verizon Communications reported that its revenue slid in the third quarter of 2009, but the company saw strong results from its wireless business despite competition.

Verizon Communications reported revenue of US $27.3 billion for the third quarter of 2009, up 10.2 percent from a year earlier, but up only 0.6 percent if revenue from the January acquisition of competitor AllTel is taken out.