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Comcast Becomes Third Largest Residential Phone Services ProviderMar 12, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Comcast, a provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, announced that consumers switching to Comcast's Digital Voice service have made Comcast the third-largest residential phone service provider in the country. Consumers are continuing to select Comcast's features for phone service throughout its 39-state service area. The news marks a major milestone for the company and reinforces its commitment to reinvent home phone service and offer consumers a way to cut household expenses during a difficult economic climate. Comcast Digital Voice now serves 6.47 million customers, which exceeds Qwest's reported residential subscriber base. "Consumers are switching to Comcast's Digital Voice Service because of our low prices, reliable service and innovative features," said Cathy Avgiris, SVP and General Manager, Voice Services, Comcast. "Comcast Digital Voice is reinventing home phone service for the 21st Century and we are thrilled that millions of consumers today are choosing Comcast for home phone service. We now offer features that integrate with our video and high speed Internet products and we're deploying a next generation cordless phone that lets customers do more than just make phone calls. Best of all, we can do all this with a service that is rated number one in call clarity and that helps consumers cut their home phone expenses by 20 to 30 percent or more." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |