Cox Communications launched its first VoIP-based cable telephony service in Roanoke, Virginia. The VoIP architecture provides lifeline service, including Enhanced 911 and features such as call waiting, caller ID and voice mail. Cox’s self-managed VoIP architecture also supports number portability, thereby enabling customers to switch their existing phone number over to Cox Digital Telephone service.
Cox, which already provides circuit-switched based telephony in 11 other markets, said its Digital Telephone subscriptions have grown 40% in 2003 over the same period in 2002. The other Cox Digital Telephone markets are San Diego, Orange County, Phoenix, Omaha, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hampton Roads (Virginia), New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Wichita, and Tucson.
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- In its Q3 financial report, Cox listed 900,000 telephone customers, up by 73,000 over Q2 2003.