Videotron dumps its cheap LD plan, too

MONTREAL - Videotron announced today it is dropping its $4.95 long distance plan. This follows recent moves by Bell Canada and Rogers Communications to ditch their own ultra-cheap $5 offers. The Videotron plan gave residential customers 1,000 minutes per month to call anywhere in North America for $4.95. Other long-distance plans, including unlimited calls in Quebec for $4.95 per month, remain available. Videotron also offers free long-distance calling between subscribers to its residential telephone service. "The 1,000-minute plan included in our original offering, at the time of the launch of our cable telephone service in January, was dictated by the...