Verizon customers’ bills are going up starting in June for... reasons

Verizon is increasing its monthly administrative fee for postpaid customers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Many Verizon customers are going to see a few extra dollars on their next phone bill. Starting in June, Verizon is raising the administrative fee it charges postpaid customers by $1.35, bringing it up to $3.30 per voice line. The fee increase only applies to voice lines - if you have a data-only line for a tablet, for example, there's no change.

In an email to The Verge, company spokesperson Adria Tomaszewski didn't cite a specific reason for the price increase on consumer accounts:

From time to time, we review and make adjustments to fees to defray some of Verizon's administrative and telco expenses and costs of complying with regulatory requirements. To that end, Verizon Consumer will implement a change beginning in June.

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