VZ Resi Phone now $9.99

How does that work? Leave VZ service for Bright House Digital Phone or Vonage - and VZ will offer you a $9.99 wireline TDM phone for just $9.99 for 12 months. [Source] So basically, you have been over-charging the heck out of your client base for years. When the client base actually HAS a choice of providers, they leave. (In Tampa, to the tune of over 29,000 have switched to Bright House according to one estimate). Now you want us back - and will finally charge us the real cost of the line - $10?! Too many words come to mind that I can't print. [The title of the press release from Tampa was: We Want You Back - Verizon Offers Great Deal for Returning or New Customers: $9.99 for Peace of Mind]