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Cedar Point Communications, the leader in integrated packet-based voice switching technologies for the cable industry, and MetroCast Cablevision has announced that MetroCast has selected Cedar Point as the switching vendor for the delivery of voice-over-IP cable telephony services to its subscribers.
MetroCast, which services 110,000 subscribers in Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, will deploy Cedar Point's integrated, packet-based SAFARI C(Cubed) Multimedia Switching System for future residential telephony rollouts. The initial launch, in New Hampshire, is scheduled for the Fall of 2006.
"Our research into the delivery of voice services and the proximity of our two companies has led over the past three years to a close association with Cedar Point," said Steve Murdough, senior vice president and general manager of MetroCast Cablevision. "Their focus on carrier class telephony and their dedication in working with cable operators to meet the industry's unique needs have made...