{"id":853,"date":"2007-07-12T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=853"},"modified":"2007-07-12T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T11:18:00","slug":"videotron-tops-half-million-mark-for-telephony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Videotron tops half-million mark for telephony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhgoldberg.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Videotron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/gst\/logos\/sponsors_86_vidotron.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a>Videotron sent me a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwire.com\/2.0\/release.do?id=750807&amp;k=videotron\">press release<\/a> this morning announcing that it has now surpassed the half million mark for its cable based voice telephony service.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">According to a 2007 survey conducted last March by L\u00e9ger Marketing, our client satisfaction rating for this product increased to 96%. This high customer satisfaction is related to the fact that a large number of consumers were looking for a reliable alternative to traditional telephone service<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Videotron isn&#8217;t alone in demonstrating reliability for cable-based voice service. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/cgi-bin\/mailto\/x.cgi?pagetosend=\/export\/home\/httpd\/htdocs\/news\/2007\/071107-cable-customer-satisfaction.html&amp;pagename=\/news\/2007\/071107-cable-customer-satisfaction.html&amp;pageurl=http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2007\/071107-cable-customer-satisfaction.html&amp;site=wideareanetwork\">Network World<\/a>, JD Powers&#8217; 2007 Residential Regional Telephone Customer Satisfaction Study is showing:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Cable companies lead the customer satisfaction rankings for telephone service in six U.S. regions for the first time.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report suggests that cable companies are proving to be &#8220;tough competition&#8221; for the telcos. In a trend that has also been experienced in Canada, the study found that 86% of cable-based voice subscribers also subscribe to data services from the same provider &#8212; an increase from 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Videotron is now adding enhancements to its voice service. <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Videotron&#8217;s cable telephone subscribers will soon be able to take advantage of the softphone telephone service, allowing them to better manage their calls and all their communications, including video phone service in the near future.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It continues to apply pressure to traditional telco business models. I&#8217;ll be suggesting the need for a bold step forward for telcos in a posting over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Videotron\" rel=\"tag\">Videotron<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/JD+Powers\" rel=\"tag\">JD Powers<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videotron sent me a press release this morning announcing that it has now surpassed the half million mark for its cable based voice telephony service. According to a 2007 survey conducted last March by L\u00e9ger Marketing, our client satisfaction rating for this product increased to 96%. This high customer satisfaction is related to the fact &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=853\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videotron tops half-million mark for telephony<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Videotron tops half-million mark for telephony &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Videotron sent me a press release this morning announcing that it has now surpassed the half million mark for its cable based voice telephony &#8226; 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