Cox, Cablevision still buzzing about telephony. (Cox Communications Inc.; Cablevision Systems Corp.)

Multichannel News, July, 1997 by Ellis, Leslie

At least two major broadband operators are still hanging on the line to provide residential telephone services over their networks. Cox Communications Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., in fact, are in the throes of separate marketing campaigns aimed at luring customers away from incumbent local telephone companies and onto their networks.

Executives with both companies said they're still hoping for even a slim slice of the $90 billion that telcos receive to serve as local-loop carriers. "We don't expect 90 percent of customers to come over," explained David Pugliese, Cox's executive director of marketing strategy/voice and data and the executive in charge of the "Cox Digital Telephony" brand name. "We do feel, though, that there are a fair number of...

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