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Cincinnati Bell's Fioptics fiber-based broadband continued its successful run in the first quarter of 2014 as revenues rose 43 percent year-over-year to $31 million.
The rise in Fioptics results were driven by an uptick in both Fioptics video and Internet subscribers. It added 5,900 new Fioptics high-speed Internet and 3,300 Fioptics video subscribers in the quarter, to end with a total of 91,600 and 77,500 subscribers, respectively.
During the quarter, Cincinnati Bell also passed an additional 12,000 units with Fioptics, making the service available to about 36 percent of Greater Cincinnati. Fioptics APRU was also a factor during the quarter, rising 4 percent year-over-year. Video ARPU totaled $74 and Internet ARPU totaled $36 during the quarter.
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