COGECO CABLE EXTENDS ITS DIGITAL PHONE SERVICE TO NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE AND ST. CATHARINES
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
Cogeco Cable extends its Digital Phone service to
Niagara-on-the-Lake and St. Catharines
Montréal, October 24, 2006 – Cogeco Cable launched today its Digital Phone service in
St. Catharines and Thorold, Ontario. The service was also launched last week in Niagara-on-the-
Lake and Virgil. Since its initial launch, the service has had a snowball effect on the number of
subscriptions to other Cogeco Cable services and its deployment has been enthusiastically
welcomed in the markets where it was introduced.
A comprehensive, accessible, and competitive offering
Residents can now take advantage of Cogeco Cable’s unique and all-inclusive Digital Phone
offering for as low as $34.99 per month for the first 12 months if they subscribe to Cogeco Cable’s
High Speed Internet and Cable Television services. This represents savings up to 50% for similar
residential phone services at regular rates offered by the incumbent telephone company in the
area.
Digital Phone service monthly rate for Ontario clients
Current promotion Regular rate
Digital Phone service only N/A $54.99
Digital Phone service combined to
another Cogeco Cable service
$39.99* $49.99
Digital Phone service combined to two
other Cogeco Cable services
$34.99* $44.99
Cogeco Cable’s exclusive and comprehensive Digital Phone service package includes unlimited
calling – routed on Cogeco Cable’s private network – in Canada and the continental US, the five
most popular calling features (Voice Mail, Call Display, Call Waiting, Visual Call Waiting and Call
Forwarding) as well as basic operator assistance and information services.
Furthermore, customers can keep their existing phone number, telephones, and outlets. During
the introductory period, they will also receive free installation by Cogeco Cable’s professional
technicians (valued at $79.99) if they subscribe to at least another Cogeco Cable service. There
are no hidden fees or contracts to sign.
* For a twelve month
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ABOUT COGECO CABLE
Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca), a telecommunications company offering a diverse range of
services to its customers in Canada and in Portugal, is the second largest cable operator in
Ontario, Québec and Portugal, in terms of the number of basic cable service customers served.
The Corporation invests in state-of-the-art broadband network facilities, delivers a wide range of
services over these facilities with great speed and reliability at attractive prices, and strives to
provide both superior customer care and growing profitability to satisfy its customers’ varied
electronic communication needs. Through its two-way broadband cable networks, Cogeco Cable
provides its residential and commercial customers with analog and digital video and audio
services, high speed Internet access as well as telephony services. The Corporation provides
about 1,556,000 revenue-generating units (RGUs) to approximately 1,477,000 homes passed in
its Canadian service territory and 629,000 RGUs to approximately 826,000 homes passed in its
Portuguese service territory. Cogeco Cable’s subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange (CCA).
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Information: Marie Carrier
Director, Corporate Communications
Tel.: (514) 874-2600