
Verizon is upping its fees again
Emma Roth
created: Aug. 1, 2025, 4:42 p.m. | updated: Aug. 1, 2025, 8:39 p.m.
Verizon just announced a three-year price lock in April, but now the company has confirmed that it’s “making some adjustments” that will raise the cost of your phone bill anyway.
Verizon last raised the price of this fee last year.
It also shows Verizon’s Regulatory Charge — a fee the company says covers “various government charges” — increasing from 19 cents to 21 cents per voice line.
“These adjustments are in line with market rates and allow us to continue to provide top-tier products and services,” Tomaszewski says.
But that’s not all — Verizon has also raised the price of its device activation fee from $35 to $40, as shown on its website, and the Reddit post claims Verizon is raising the price of its tablet data plans by $5 / month as well.
3 weeks ago: The Verge