Cablevision Systems is adding more than 1,000 new cable VoIP users per day in its New York metropolitan market. Cablevision's Optimum Voice digital voice- over-cable (VoIP) service has now surpassed the 250,000-customer milestone.
Cablevision recently announced that the standard monthly price for Optimum Voice would remain unchanged at $34.95 in 2005. The residential VoIP service, which must be combined with the company's cable modem Internet service, provides unlimited local, regional and long-distance calling across the U.S. and Canada. The service also includes seven custom calling features: enhanced voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, caller ID blocking (*67), call return (*69), three-way calling and call forwarding, in addition to access to directory assistance (411).
Cablevision's Optimum Voice also provides E-911 service and is CALEA compliant. http://www.cablevision.com/
- As of 30-Sept-04, Cablevision had 1,259,024 cable modem customers. Total cable television revenue per basic video customer was $83.89. VOD/SVOD services provided average revenue $5.00 per digital subscriber per month.
