Videotron continues to add phone subs: 636,000

MONTREAL – Quebecor Media’s Videotron now has over 636,000 local telephony customers, the company announced this morning. Three years to the day of the company’s launch of the service, the cable company’s voice over IP phone customer list continues to grow at a pretty amazing rate. Powered by a very low price, at year end, there were more than 636,000 residential and business subscribers to Videotron cable telephone service, a year-over-year increase of 238,500, or 60%, announced the company. In 2006, there was a net increase of nearly 235,000 in the number of consumers who opted for it. Between October...