Cogeco’s Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet packages now available in Chatham, Beamsville, Vineland and Winona
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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cogeco’s Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet
packages now available in Chatham, Beamsville, Vineland and Winona
Montréal, July 25, 2012 – Cogeco Cable Inc. (TSX: CCA) today annou nced the launch of its Turb o 20,
Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55 High Speed Internet (HSI) packages in Chatham, Beamsville, Vineland and
Winona in Ontario, where the residents will be able to benefit from the fastest download speeds at the
most affordable price available in the area.
Indeed, the three packages, powered by DOCSIS 3.0 technology, offer very advantageous speed and
pricing compared to competitors in Cogeco’s footprint. The new Turbo 20 package offers a download
speed of up t o 20 Mbps, upload speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps a nd a monthly dat a transfer capacity of 8 0 GB.
For this package, bandwidth usage that exceeds the specified monthly data transfer capacity limit will be
billed at $1.50 per ad ditional GB, wi th a max imum of $50 pe r mo nth.
The Ultimate 30 package offers speeds of up to 30 Mbps for downloads and up to 2 Mbps for uploads with
monthly data transfer capacity of 175 GB. For the Ultimate 55 package, speeds is up to 55 Mbps for
downloads and 2 Mbps for uploads with a monthly data transfer capacity of 250 GB. For these two
packages, bandwidth usage that exc eeds the specified monthly data transfer capacity limit will be bi lled at
$1.00 per additiona l GB, with no maximu m limit.
“We always strive to offer our customers more flexibility, speed and choices. Today, the whole family can
use the Internet at the same time for online banking, video gaming, shopping or for downloading videos
or films, and all with the same service. Cogeco’s HSI packages Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55
meet those needs perfectly”, said Ron Perrotta, Vice-President, Marketing and Strategic Planning at
Cogeco Cable.
Cogeco’s Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55 are powered by DOCSIS 3.0, a technology of data
compression that allows a more efficient and economical use of bandwidth. Thus, Cogeco Cable is in a
very good position to meet the increasing bandwidt h need at a very competitive price and to offer access
to a higher data rate, a better video configuration and an increased level of safety.
The new Turbo 20 package is curre ntly on promotion and offer ed for $30.9 5 per month for 12 mo nths for
customers who also subscribe to Cogeco’s HD Television and Home pho ne services, and for $55.95 per
month for 12 months for those who only want to subscribe to the High Speed Internet service. Turbo 20
regular price is $50.95 if bundled with other Cogeco services and $60.95 on a standalone basis.
The new Ultimate 30 package is curre ntly on promotion a nd offered for $41.95 per m onth for 12 months
for customers who also subscribe to Cogeco’s HD Television and Home phone services, and for $66.95
per month for 12 months for those who only want to subscribe to the High Speed Internet service.
Ultimate 30 regular price is $61.95 if bundled with other Cogeco services and $71.95 on a standalone
basis.
The new Ultimate 55 package is curre ntly on promotion a nd offered for $79.95 per m onth for 12 months
for customers who also subscribe to Cogeco’s HD Television and Home phone service s , and for $104.95
per month for 12 months for those who only want to subscribe to the High Speed Internet service.
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Ultimate 55 regular price is $99.95 if bundled with other Cogeco services and $109.95 on a standalone
basis.
What’s more, Cogeco includes its full suite of security services for these packages. Rental of a wireless
modem is available at the cost of $2,95 per month for the Turbo 20 package and is included at no extra
charge in the Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55 packages. The Turbo 20, Ultimate 30 and Ultimate 55
packages will continue to be rolled-out gradually throughout Cogeco’s territory.
ABOUT COGECO CABLE
Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation and is the second largest hybrid fibre
coaxial cable system operator in Ontario and Québec. Through its two-way broadband cable networks,
Cogeco Cable provides its residential customers with Audio, Analogue and Digital Television, as well as High
Speed Internet (HSI) and Telephony services. Cogeco Cable also provides, to its commercial customers,
through its subsidiary Cogeco Data Services, data networking, e-business applications, video conferencing,
hosting services, Ethernet, private line, VoIP, HSI access, data storage, data security, co-location services,
managed IT services, cloud services and other advanced communication solutions. Cogeco Cable’s
subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA).
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Information: Nicole Tardif
Director, Corporate Communications
Tel: (514) 764-4685