1 in 10 Canadian households uses cable phone or VoIP

OTTAWA – About 10.6% of Canadian households subscribe to a cable telephone or voice over IP service, Statistics Canada reports. For the first time ever, Statscan’s Residential Telephone Service Survey asked respondents in December 2006 if they had cable or VoIP service, so there’s no comparison from previous periods. That month, about 90.5% of homes had a land line, while 66.8% had at least one cell phone. Only 5.0% of homes relied exclusively on a cell phone, compared with 4.8% in December 2005. Among those without a land-line service, 10% said it was because they couldn’t afford the basic local...