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 ...

Wally Roberts is in telephone heaven, a longtime gadget guy taking advantage of everything that budding competition in the telecommunications market has to offer. His San Clemente condominium has two ...

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 ...

CHICAGO--When Cox Communications launched the first U.S. telephone service over a cable broadband connection several years ago, few believed it could ever seriously compete in the local phone market.

SEATTLE — A growing number of cable and broadband companies have opted to offer cell phone service plans, a decision that could pay dividends for consumers looking to save money on their service, ...

As cable and telephone companies increasingly offer the same services, some are turning to Internet collaboration to set themselves apart. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...