Bright House Networks plans a fourthquarter launch of residential phone service via its cable television system, bringing new competition to entrenched SBC Communications and to local exchange ...

Q. My cable TV company is offering me a good deal on phone service. Is it wise to ditch my traditional phone carrier for that service? A. Some cable TV companies began offering phone service several ...

Joe DeBonis, a Verizon lineman, connects fiber-optic cable in North Bellmore, N.Y. Verizon expects its FiOS TV service will be available to 1 million homes by January.

For 130 years, traditional telephone operators have been kings of the home phone castle. But watch out--Ma Cable is making herself heard. As never before, cable providers, from the giants on down to ...

The companies that sell you internet access — think Comcast or Charter — want to sell you phone service, too. And guess what the phone guys want to sell you? Yup: internet access. This is good for you ...

Now is the perfect time to call your cable, internet or phone company to request a lower monthly bill. (Photo: Getty) Paying bills may be one of life’s most mundane and least fulfilling chores, but we ...

Do VoIP, wireless and cable broadband offer enough competition in a market where traditional phone providers are merging left and right? Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

It’s bad enough to pay through the nose every month for things like cable, phone service and gym memberships. Even worse? The sneaking suspicion that you could probably negotiate a better deal if only ...

The fastest-growing mobile-phone carriers in the U.S. aren’t phone companies. More than five million Americans now pay for mobile-phone service through their cable-TV providers, enticed by low prices ...