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Cogeco Business Internet subscribers benefit from major service improvements at no extra cost

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cogeco Business Internet subscribers benefit from major service
improvements at no extra cost
Montreal, February 12, 2013 Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) (“COGECO) announced today
the increase of upload and download speeds and monthly transfer capacities of its Business
High Speed Internet (HSI) packages in both Ontario and Quebec. These service upgrades
enrich, at various levels, the entire range of Cogeco Business Solutions Internet packages.
The improvements were implemented as of February 1st for all users, and Cogeco Business
Internet customers will see these changes take effect over the course of this month.
Cogeco Business Solutions High Speed Internet service includes four different packages
adapted to suit the different needs of businesses. Each of these has been improved without
additional cost to the subscriber, as follows:
The Business Starter package now offers an upload speed of up to 2Mbps and a monthly
data usage limit of 200 GB, upgraded from 640 kbps and 120 GB, respectively. The
maximum download speed remains unchanged at 10 Mbps.
Business Standard package subscribers now enjoy an upload speed of up to 2 Mbps and a
monthly data usage limit of 250 GB, formerly 1 Mbps and 200 GB, respectively. The
maximum download speed remains unchanged at 16 Mbps.
The Business Ultimate 30 package is replaced by the new Business Ultimate 45 package
with a higher download speed of up to 45 Mbps and a monthly data usage limit of 350 GB,
formerly 30 Mbps and 300 GB, respectively. The current maximum upload speed of 2Mbps
remains unchanged.
The new Business Ultimate 60 package replaces the former Ultimate 55 package. This
package is now enhanced with a download speed upgrade reaching up to 60 Mbps versus
55 Mbps with the former package. The monthly data usage allowance remains unlimited and
maximum upload speed remains at 2 Mbps.
Ron Perrotta, Vice President Marketing and Strategic Planning at Cogeco Cable, highlights
the importance of these upgrades in his following comment: “The demand for increased
capacity and speed in Business Internet services is growing quickly. Our upgraded packages
better meet our customers’ and prospects’ needs in this respect. These upgrades,
accompanied with no change in pricing and the opportunity to lock in current rates with our
“Three Year Price Guarantee” illustrate our efforts to provide entrepreneurs with the most
flexible internet service they can get.
More information on Cogeco Business Solutions High Sped Internet packages is available at
www.CogecoB.ca
ABOUT COGECO CABLE
Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation and is the11th largest
hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco
Cable brand name in Quebec and Ontario, and in the United States through its subsidiary
Atlantic Broadband in Western Pennsylvania, South Florida, Maryland, Delaware and South
Carolina. Its two-way broadband cable networks provide to its residential and small business
customers Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet («HSI») and Telephony
services. Through its subsidiaries Cogeco Data Services and PEER 1 Hosting, Cogeco
Cable provides its commercial customers a suite of IT hosting, information and
communications technology services (Data Centre, Co-location, Managed Hosting, Cloud
Infrastructure and Connectivity), with 25 data centres, extensive fibre networks in Montreal
and Toronto as well as points-of-presence in North America and Europe. Cogeco Cable’s
subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA). For more
information about Cogeco Cable and its subsidiaries visit cogeco.ca, cogecodata.com,
peer1.com and peer1hosting.co.uk.
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Information: Marina Brzeski
Director, Corporate Communications
Tel: (514) 764-4613