{"id":5893,"date":"2012-10-17T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2012-10-17T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:22:31","slug":"do-you-love-your-communications-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=5893","title":{"rendered":"Do you love your communications company?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Videotron <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jKBkkLxy\" target=\"_blank\">announced a major milestone<\/a> today. The Quebec cable company now has a million customers that subscribe to at least 3 of the 4 major products in the company&#8217;s portfolion: cable\u00a0TV; internet access; residential telephone service; mobile phone service).<\/p>\n<p>It is a remarkable achievement especially when you consider some not so distant history.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time that cable TV penetration in Quebec lagged the other provinces. With a majority French language customer base, there was not the same demand for Videotron to retrieve the major US networks, a &#8220;community antenna&#8221;\u00a0which served as\u00a0the fundamental basis for English Canadian cable companies.<\/p>\n<p>Videotron launched its home phone service at a deeply discounted price relative to offers from other cable companies across North America. But Videotron&#8217;s counterparts in other markets started with considerably more cable TV customer penetration. Videotron&#8217;s approach helped pull through new cable subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>As of this past June 30, Videotron has<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1,837,900 cable television customers,<\/li>\n<li>1,425,000 of these subscribe to digital cable service<\/li>\n<li>1,341,100 high-speed Internet access subscribers<\/li>\n<li>347,600 subscriber connections mobile telephone service<\/li>\n<li>and 1,223,400 households and organizations with cable telephone service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not everyone hates their phone company or cable company. According to Videotron, &#8220;The love story between Videotron and Quebecers continues.&#8221;\u00a0Leger Marketing has found a stellar 98% customer satisfaction rating.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth considering how Videotron has built such a strong reputation with its customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videotron announced a major milestone today. The Quebec cable company now has a million customers that subscribe to at least 3 of the 4 major products in the company&#8217;s portfolion: cable\u00a0TV; internet access; residential telephone service; mobile phone service). It is a remarkable achievement especially when you consider some not so distant history. There was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=5893\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you love your communications company?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do you love your communications company? &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Videotron announced a major milestone today. 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