BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. today announced that it is now offering residential customers the option of up to four lines of the company's Optimum Voice digital phone service, judged the best phone service in Cablevision's market in a recent national survey, significantly extending the value and compelling consumer benefits of Optimum Voice.
Residential customers with one line of Optimum Voice can add up to three additional lines for just $14.95 per month, per line -- less than half the cost of telephone company service. Each line enjoys unlimited calling across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico and a full array of advanced features -- all included in the flat-rate price -- like caller ID, call waiting, enhanced voicemail, and directory assistance. Cablevision already offers business customers up to eight lines of Optimum Voice.
"There has never been anything like this before, the opportunity to add three additional lines of our top-rated voice service for just $14.95 per line, with no hidden fees, extra charges or surprises on the monthly bill," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior vice president of product management. "Optimum Voice has already attracted nearly a third of all residential voice customers in Cablevision's market, and the availability of multiple lines further extends the value of this top-rated service, offering a perfect solution for a parent looking to limit a child's cell phone minutes while in the home, or maintain a separate line for a fax machine, or give a dedicated phone to an older family member living in the home."
Optimum Voice is available exclusively to Optimum Online(R) high-speed Internet customers. The service includes advanced features like voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, caller ID blocking (*67), call return (*69), three-way calling and call forwarding, directory assistance (411), VIP ringing, find me, caller ID on call waiting, busy redial, anonymous calling and anonymous call blocking -- all at no additional cost. The service's "My Optimum Voice" web portal allows customers to easily activate account features, listen to voicemail messages through any Web browser, review and sort calling history and manage other settings.
Unlike "Internet phone services," Optimum Voice includes enhanced 911 access for every customer and provides a local number portability option, so new customers who switch from other telephone companies can keep their existing phone number. Optimum Voice service is carried over Cablevision's fiber-rich broadband network, not the public Internet, and offers customers a highly reliable voice service with superior value.
For customers who make international calls, Cablevision offers an innovative flat-rate international calling plan, Optimum Voice World Call, giving customers up to 250 minutes per month of calling anywhere in the world from their Optimum Voice phone for a flat monthly fee of $19.95. Optimum Voice World Call has retired the destination-specific approach to international calls, delivering more value to customers than any other international calling plan.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. Its cable television operations serve more than 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its iO: Interactive Optimum(R) digital television, Optimum Online high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice digital voice-over-cable, and its Optimum Lightpath integrated business communications services. Cablevision's Rainbow Media Holdings LLC operates several successful programming businesses, including AMC, IFC, WE tv and other national and regional networks. In addition to its telecommunications and programming businesses, Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and its sports teams, the New York Knicks, Rangers and Liberty. The company also operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, and owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.
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