<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 24.2

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann, and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                              /s/ James R. Baker
                                                           ------------------
                                                                 James R. Barker


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                   /s/ Edward H. Budd
                                                   ------------------
                                                   Edward H. Budd


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                   /s/ Richard L. Carrion
                                                   ----------------------
                                                   Richard L. Carrion


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                    /s/ Robert F. Daniell
                                                    ---------------------
                                                    Robert F. Daniell


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                   /s/ Helene L. Kaplan
                                                   --------------------
                                                   Helene L. Kaplan


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V.
 Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his or her true and lawful
 attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her
 and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
 and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
 Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
 connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such
 person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
 requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
 intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
 and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
 his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
 done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                   /s/ Charles R. Lee
                                                   ------------------
                                                   Charles R. Lee


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Sandra O. Moose
                                                     -------------------
                                                     Sandra O. Moose


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Joseph Neubauer
                                                     -------------------
                                                     Joseph Neubauer


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                  /s/ Thomas H. O'Brien
                                                  ---------------------
                                                  Thomas H. O'Brien


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                              /s/ Russell E. Palmer
                                              ---------------------
                                              Russell E. Palmer


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                       /s/ Hugh B. Price
                                                       -----------------
                                                       Hugh B. Price


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Frederic V.
 Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his or her true and lawful
 attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her
 and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
 and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
 Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
 connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such
 person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
 requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
 intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
 and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
 his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
 done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                  /s/ Ivan G. Seidenberg
                                                  ----------------------
                                                  Ivan G. Seidenberg


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                     /s/ Walter V. Shipley
                                                     ---------------------
                                                     Walter V. Shipley


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                    /s/ John W. Snow
                                                    ----------------
                                                    John W. Snow


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                    /s/ John R. Stafford
                                                    --------------------
                                                    John R. Stafford


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                 /s/ Robert D. Storey
                                                 --------------------
                                                 Robert D. Storey


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G. Seidenberg
 and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his or her true and lawful
 attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her
 and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
 and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
 Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
 connection therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such
 person or persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission, granting to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
 requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
 intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
 and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
 his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
 done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                 /s/ Frederic V. Salerno
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                                                 Frederic V. Salerno


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
 relating to $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of
 Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company
 to be issued upon the receipt by and surrender to Verizon Global Funding Corp.
 of an equivalent amount of previously privately placed debt securities.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned appoints Charles R. Lee, Ivan G.
 Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and William F. Heitmann and each of them, his
 or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
 substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
 amendments, to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes
 in the Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems
 appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
 and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
 or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
 this 6th day of September, 2001.



                                                   /s/ Lawrence R. Whitman
                                                   -----------------------
                                                   Lawrence R. Whitman

