Montréal, December 12, 2012 – As of today, more than 580,000 households and businesses can surf the Web faster than ever with Videotron's Ultimate Speed Internet 120 and 200 services. The products, now available to residential and business customers In Montréal's West Island and North Shore suburbs,1 will meet the needs of families and businesses that want to share a single Internet connection for simultaneous downloading and uploading on multiple computers, tablets and/or game consoles. Videotron is maintaining its position as Québec's top Internet service provider by offering a powerful and reliable product.
The fastest file transfers
The new services being introduced in Montréal's West Island and North Shore suburbs were first launched in the Québec City area and are gradually being rolled out across Videotron's service area.
Ultimate Speed Internet 120 users will be able to download up to 170 GB/month and upload 30 GB/month, which amply covers the current needs of the majority of heavy bandwidth users. Business customers will enjoy an even higher monthly data allowance: 320 GB/month for downloads and 180 GB/month for uploads. At the same time, users will also enjoy lightning-fast speeds: up to 120 Mbps for downloads and up to 20 Mbps for uploads.
The new Ultimate Speed Internet 200 service delivers speeds of up to 200 Mbps for downloads and up to 30 Mbps for uploads. Residential users get a monthly data allowance of 200 GB for downloads and 50 GB for uploads. Business customers can download 320 GB/month and upload 180 GB/month.
The new services expand Videotron's existing line of Ultimate Speed Internet plans for residential customers: Ultimate Speed Internet 20 (total data allowance 90 GB) starting at $55.95, Ultimate Speed Internet 30 (total data allowance 130 GB) starting at $66.95, and Ultimate Speed Internet 60 (total data allowance 250 GB) starting at $82.95. Businesses can enjoy the same speeds with a monthly total data allowance of 500 GB for $86.95, $106.95 and $136.95 per month respectively.
Powerful, state-of-the-art network
Videotron, Québec's telecommunications and entertainment leader, is able to offer its customers ever more advanced services thanks to its powerful hybrid fibre/coax network.
Ultimate Speed Internet 120 is available to families starting at $149.95 per month and to businesses starting at $206.95 per month.
Ultimate Speed Internet 200 is available starting at $199.95 per month for residential customers and $256.95 per month for business customers.
For more information, visit videotron.com
Videotron (www.videotron.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, and Internet access, cable telephone and mobile telephone services. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its interactive Digital TV service and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. As of September 30, 2012, Videotron was serving 1,852,900 cable television customers, including 1,457,800 subscribers to its digital service. Videotron is also the Québec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 1,369,600 subscribers to its cable service as of September 30, 2012. As of the same date, Videotron had 378,300 subscriber connections to its mobile telephone service and was providing cable telephone service to 1,249,700 Québec households and organizations. For the seventh consecutive year, Videotron was named Québec's most respected telecommunications company by Les Affaires magazine, based on a Léger Marketing survey.
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1 To check the availability of Ultimate Speed Internet 120 and 200 for residential customers: www.videotron.com/residential/internet/residential-internet#/check-service-availability
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