Bill and Virginia McCrohan have been married for 30 years, but Virginia had been married once before. Long after her divorce, her home’s Verizon landline still had her ex-husband’s name on the ...

Authorities say a phone outage is impacting Verizon landlines in Clarks Summit, making it harder for some residents in the ...

Janis Cioffi said her Verizon landline didn't work. When she tried to switch to Comcast, it said she couldn't keep her long-time phone number. (Courtesy Joe Cioffi) Courtesy Joe Cioffi ...

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam sent a letter to company management that was made public. He said that corporate profitability had been declining for a decade, along with the number of landline customers.

Verizon Communications is selling its broadband and landline operations in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier Communications for $10.5-billion to focus on its wireless business.

But it’s not just the Verizon Wireless department that’s having a rough time of it: even Verizon’s landline department is screwing up.

Verizon's aging copper landline telephone network has been offline for numerous customers in Manhattan over the past few weeks, giving Verizon another chance to convince customers to ditch their ...

Verizon’s landline customers pay a basic, state-set charge of $23 — but that’s just for starters. Taxes and fees boost that $23 fee to over $30.

Pamela Amos has an unusual type of landline Verizon calls “a wireless home phone.” Wireless or not, Amos has had difficulty making calls on it almost since the phone company “upgraded” its ...

Verizon’s landline workers went on strike, but they’re not acting out a morality play against an evil corporation.

In a sign that the recession is forcing phone companies to take bold measures to hold onto landline customers, Verizon Communications Inc. is considering a $5 monthly voice plan that would let ...