IDT Telecom signed an agreement to provide international long distance phone service to Cablevision Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable customers. The new service also includes a remote calling feature that allows customers to make international calls from any location in the U.S., Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands.
To activate international calling, Optimum Voice customers must visit the web portal and register using either a credit or debit card with a minimum initial payment of $10. http://www.idt.net/
- In August, Cablevision Systems reported 115,050 cable VoIP customers, up 44,235 from March 2004.
- In November 2003, Cablevision announced the availability of its digital voice-over-cable telephony across its footprint of nearly 4 million homes in the New York metropolitan area.