Cogeco

{{short description|Canadian telecommunications and media company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date = May 2020}}

{{Infobox company | name = Cogeco Inc. | logo = Cogeco logo.svg | trading_name = CGO Inc. | type = Public | traded_as = {{tsx|CGO}} {{tsx|CCA}} | founder = Henri Audet | key_people = {{unbulleted list|Frédéric Perron (president & CEO)| Patrice Ouimet (SVP & CFO)}} | industry = Telecommunications | products = Cable TV, Internet, telecommunications, broadcasting | revenue = {{increase}} {{CAD|2.33 billion}} (FY19) {{CAD|2.15 billion}} (FY18)<ref name="CogecoAR19">{{Cite web|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/application/files/4515/7248/4675/CCA.Q4.2019_-_Annual_Report_compressed.pdf|title=Cogeco 2019 Annual Report|website=corpo.cogeco.com}}</ref> | operating_income = {{increase}} {{CAD|1.11 billion}} (FY19) {{CAD|1.01 billion}} (FY18)<ref name="CogecoAR19"/> | net_income = {{increase}} {{CAD|432 million}} (FY19) {{CAD|351 million}} (FY18)<ref name="CogecoAR19"/> | assets = {{decrease}} {{CAD|6.95 billion}} (FY19) {{CAD|7.18 billion}} (FY18)<ref name="CogecoAR19"/> | num_employees = 4,500<ref name="CogecoEmployee">{{Cite web|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cgo/en/|title=Cogeco employees in North America|website=corpo.cogeco.com|date=14 July 2023 }}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2019 | subsid = Breezeline | foundation = {{Start date and age|1957}} Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.cogeco.ca/files/pdf/financial_annual_report_en/CGO_Annual_report2006.pdf|title=Cogeco Annual Report 2006|access-date=2007-04-14|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102758/http://www.cogeco.ca/files/pdf/financial_annual_report_en/CGO_Annual_report2006.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | location = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | module = {{Infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=7992}} | homepage = {{URL|http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/}} {{URL|https://www.cogeco.ca/}} | successor = }}

'''Cogeco Inc.''' is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline (previously known as Atlantic Broadband), and Cogeco Media.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Organizational Structure|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/company-overview/organizational-structure/|website=Cogeco Corporate Website|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110133736/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/company-overview/organizational-structure/|archive-date=10 January 2018|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The company provides a range of telecommunication products and services including cable television, radio and television broadcasting, telephony, and Internet services in Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and in thirteen states along the east coast of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Communications Inc.|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cgo/en/company-overview/cogeco-communications-inc/|website=About Cogeco Communications Inc.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413150928/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cgo/en/company-overview/cogeco-communications-inc/|archive-date=13 April 2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

Cogeco Inc. is a publicly traded company ({{tsx|CGO}}) and is controlled through multiple voting shares (accounting for 71.29% of votes) by the Audet family's holding company Gestion Audem Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Federal Corporation Information - 068854-1 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada|url=https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=688541|website=www.ic.gc.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523125106/https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=688541|archive-date=23 May 2020|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gestion Audem Inc - Company Profile and News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0456319D:CN|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320211653/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0456319D:CN|archive-date=20 March 2020|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="crtc-ownchart">{{Cite web|title=Ownership – Broadcasting - CRTC|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht043.pdf|date=11 June 2019|website=crtc.gc.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320211656/https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht043.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2020|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> In turn, Cogeco Inc. fully owns Cogeco Media, and owns 82.96% of the voting rights in '''Cogeco Communications Inc.''', a separate publicly traded company ({{tsx|CCA}}) which owns the Canadian and U.S. cable and telecom operations.<ref name="crtc-ownchart" /> The name Cogeco is an acronym for '''Compagnie Générale de Communication''' ("General Communications Company").<ref name="Station identification for CKTM-TV">{{cite web|title=Station identification for CKTM-TV, which included the Cogeco logo and its meaning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3zcItXzr64|author=ez2me2009|date=14 April 2011|website=YouTube|access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref>

==History== In June 1957, Henri Audet (1918-2012) left the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), became president and managing director of Télévision St. Maurice Inc., and was awarded a broadcasting license by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) to operate a television station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The call sign would be CKTM-TV,<ref name="Station identification for CKTM-TV" /> and it would become an affiliate of the CBC's French-language network. Télévision St. Maurice Inc''.'' was later renamed Cogéco Radio-Télévision Inc''.'', a subsidiary of Cogeco Inc. He would also become chairman and president of La Belle Vision Inc''.'',<ref name="broadcasting-history.ca">{{Cite web|title=CKTM-TV|url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/cktm-dt|website=History of Canadian Broadcasting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117065331/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/cktm-dt|archive-date=17 November 2017|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> which was in 1972, Cogeco's first acquisition.<ref name="Cogeco History">{{Cite web|title=Cogeco History|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/company-overview/history/|website=corpo.cogeco.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022194937/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/company-overview/history/|archive-date=22 October 2019|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="History of Canadian Broadcasting">{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Inc. {{!}} History of Canadian Broadcasting|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/cogeco-inc|website=www.broadcasting-history.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327123240/https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/cogeco-inc|archive-date=27 March 2020|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> Henri Audet was chairman and CEO of Cogeco Inc. between 1976 and 1993, and later in 1996, was named President Emeritus of Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc.<ref name="Henri Audet Bio">{{Cite web|title=Henri Audet Biography|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/audet-henri|last=Audet|first=Henri|website=History of Canadian Broadcasting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811085920/https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/cogeco-inc|archive-date=11 August 2018|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>thumb|left|110px Over time, the company divested itself of all its on-air broadcast television assets. In 1989, the company obtained its initial presence in Ontario by acquiring cable systems in Burlington and Oakville and in 1996 expanded further in Ontario by acquiring an additional 25 cable systems (303,000 customers for CA$350 million) from Rogers Communications.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Rogers Communications Inc. – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/rogers-communications-inc-history/|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|via=International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 30. St. James Press, 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312081502/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/rogers-communications-inc-history/|archive-date=12 March 2017|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> Between 1998 and 2001, Cogeco increased its footprint in both Quebec and Ontario with the acquisition of an additional 19 cable systems.<ref name="Cogeco History" /> In a turn of events, in 2009, and again in 2010, Rogers invested substantially in both Cogeco Inc. and Cogeco Cable Inc.,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rogers Purchasing 3.2 Million Shares of Cogeco Cable Inc. and 1.6 Million Shares of Cogeco Inc.|url=https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/rogers-purchasing-3-2-million-shares-of-cogeco-cable-inc-and-1-6-millionshares-of-cogeco-inc/|date=26 November 2009|website=About Rogers|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321171049/https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/rogers-purchasing-3-2-million-shares-of-cogeco-cable-inc-and-1-6-millionshares-of-cogeco-inc/|archive-date=21 March 2020|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rogers Purchasing Additional Shares of Cogeco Cable Inc. and Cogeco Inc.|url=https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/rogers-purchasing-additional-shares-of-cogeco-cable-inc-and-cogeco-inc/|date=4 November 2010|website=About Rogers|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321171049/https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/rogers-purchasing-additional-shares-of-cogeco-cable-inc-and-cogeco-inc/|archive-date=21 March 2020|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> resulting in some speculation surrounding the two rivals.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 November 2009|title=What's up between Cogeco and Rogers|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/streetwise/whats-up-between-cogeco-and-rogers/article1346218/|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618012455/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/streetwise/whats-up-between-cogeco-and-rogers/article1346218/|archive-date=18 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2011, the company increased its radio station assets by acquiring Corus Québec, a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Media|url=https://www.cogecomedia.com/en/|website=Cogeco Media|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423154229/https://www.cogecomedia.com/en/|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> and in 2018 acquired additional radio stations from RNC Média, giving it a total of twenty-two radio stations in Quebec and one in Ontario.<ref name="Cogeco History" /> Also that year, the company purchased Métromédia for CA$41 million to later sell it in 2018 to Bell Media for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 January 2016|title=Cogeco sells Metromedia division to Bell Media for undisclosed price|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cogeco-sells-metromedia-division-to-bell-media-for-undisclosed-price/article28028033/|url-status=live|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217162042/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cogeco-sells-metromedia-division-to-bell-media-for-undisclosed-price/article28028033/|archive-date=17 December 2016}}</ref>

In February 2012, the company also sold its cable system Cabovisão in Portugal to the European media group Altice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sale of Cabovisão – Televisão por Cabo S.A. to European Group ALTICE|url=http://www.cogeco.ca/export/sites/cogeco/corporate/files/press_releases_en/pr_cca_20120229e_cabovisao.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514032727/http://www.cogeco.ca/export/sites/cogeco/corporate/files/press_releases_en/pr_cca_20120229e_cabovisao.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2014|access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

In July 2012, the company expanded into the U.S. market by acquiring the cable system operator Atlantic Broadband.<ref name="Cogeco History" /> In December that same year, it acquired Peer 1 Hosting, an internet infrastructure provider,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cogeco Cable Inc. to acquire Peer 1 Network Entreprises, Inc.|url=http://www.cogeco.ca/export/sites/cogeco/corporate/files/press_releases_en/2012/Cogeco_Cable-PEER_1-Press_Release_Dec_21.pdf|date=18 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141032/http://www.cogeco.ca/export/sites/cogeco/corporate/files/press_releases_en/2012/Cogeco_Cable-PEER_1-Press_Release_Dec_21.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|access-date=14 May 2014}}</ref> and later in October 2015, merged it with its Cogeco Data Services, forming a new subsidiary called Cogeco Peer 1.<ref name="Presenting Cogeco Peer 1">{{cite web|title=Presenting Cogeco Peer 1|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/presenting-cogeco-peer-1/|date=19 October 2015|website=Cogeco|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111000720/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/presenting-cogeco-peer-1/|archive-date=11 November 2016|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>

In January 2018, Cogeco Communications Inc. announced that its US subsidiary Atlantic Broadband had completed the acquisition of the cable systems owned by Harron Communications which were operating under the brand name MetroCast<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Communications Inc. Announces the Completion of Atlantic Broadband's Acquisition of All of the Metrocast Cable Systems|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/cogeco-communications-inc-announces-completion-atlantic-broadbands-acquisition-all-metrocast-cable-systems/|date=4 January 2018|website=Cogeco Communications Inc. Announces the Completion of Atlantic Broadband's Acquisition of All of the Metrocast Cable Systems|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421010155/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/cogeco-communications-inc-announces-completion-atlantic-broadbands-acquisition-all-metrocast-cable-systems/|archive-date=21 April 2019|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> for US$1.4 billion,<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 2017|title=Cogeco achète des actifs de MetroCast pour 1,4 milliard US {{!}} Médias et télécoms|language=fr-CA|work=La Presse|url=http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/medias-et-telecoms/201707/10/01-5114762-cogeco-achete-des-actifs-de-metrocast-pour-14-milliard-us.php|url-status=dead|access-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713020508/http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/medias-et-telecoms/201707/10/01-5114762-cogeco-poursuit-sa-croissance-aux-e-u-en-achetant-metrocast.php|archive-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> making the company the eight largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Cogeco Communications Inc.|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cgo/en/company-overview/cogeco-communications-inc/|website=About Cogeco Communications Inc.|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028210444/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cgo/en/company-overview/cogeco-communications-inc/|archive-date=28 October 2019|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>

In February 2019, the company announced it sold Cogeco Peer 1 to private equity firm Digital Colony for CA$720 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Peer 1 Sold|url=http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/cogeco-communications-inc-announces-sale-cogeco-peer-1-digital-colony/|date=27 February 2019|website=Corpo Cogeco|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523135048/http://corpo.cogeco.com/cca/en/press-room/press-releases/cogeco-communications-inc-announces-sale-cogeco-peer-1-digital-colony/|archive-date=23 May 2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> Cogeco Peer 1 later changed its name to Aptum Technologies.

On 2 September 2020, Altice USA announced an unsolicited offer to purchase both Cogeco and Cogeco Communications. Altice announced it would immediately resell Cogeco's Canadian assets to Rogers, which retains large minority interests in both Cogeco companies, while Altice would keep Cogeco's U.S. assets including Atlantic Broadband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/09/02/newsalert-us-firm-makes-bid-for-cogeco-rogers-to-get-canadian-assets.html|title=U.S. cable company makes $10.3B bid for Cogeco, would sell Cdn. assets to Rogers|work=Toronto Star|first=Tara|last=Deschamps|date=2 September 2020|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> Cogeco's controlling shareholders, the Audet family, indicated shortly thereafter that they would not support the offer.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-09-07|title=Achat de Cogeco: un refus «définitif» des Audet|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/2020-09-07/achat-de-cogeco-un-refus-definitif-des-audet.php|access-date=2020-12-21|website=La Presse|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rogers-altice-target-cogeco-for-10-3b-takeover-audet-balks-1.1488422|title=Rogers, Altice target Cogeco for $10.3B takeover; Audet balks|first=Noah|last=Zivitz|work=BNNBloomberg.ca|date=2 September 2020|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> It was also rejected by the companies' boards of directors, and Quebec Premier François Legault had also signalled his opposition to losing another major Quebec-based company.<ref name="tgam-rogers-quebec-office">{{cite web |last1=Posadzki |first1=Alexandra |author-link=Alexandra Posadzki |last2=van Praet |first2=Nicolas |date=4 September 2020 |title=Rogers vows to keep Cogeco headquarters in Quebec if deal goes through |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-rogers-vows-to-keep-cogeco-headquarters-in-quebec-if-deal-goes-through/ |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> Altice and Rogers said they would continue to pursue a purchase, with Rogers promising to maintain a separate management team and regional headquarters for its Quebec operations.<ref name="tgam-rogers-quebec-office" /> In October 2020, Altice made a second offer, increasing it to CA$11.1 billion in cash, which was again rejected by the Audet family.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cogeco owner rejects latest multi-billion takeover offer from Altice, Rogers {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/altice-rogers-cogeco-new-offer-1.5767380|access-date=2020-12-21}}</ref> The offer expired that November.<ref>{{cite web |last=Posadzki |first=Alexandra |author-link=Alexandra Posadzki |date=18 November 2020 |title=As Cogeco bid expires, Rogers CEO says deal 'just wasn't meant to be' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-as-cogeco-bid-expires-rogers-ceo-says-deal-just-wasnt-meant-to-be/ |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> Rogers subsequently sold its remaining stakes in the Cogeco companies to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/canadas-rogers-offloads-cogeco-stake-611-mln-cdpq-2023-12-11/|title=Canada's Rogers offloads Cogeco stake for $611 mln to CDPQ|publisher=Reuters|date=December 11, 2023|access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref>

Following the acquisition of systems in Ohio in 2021, Atlantic Broadband rebranded as Breezeline in early 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/atlantic-broadband-rebrands-as-breezeline|title=Atlantic Broadband Rebrands as Breezeline|first=George|last=Winslow|work=TVTechnology|date=10 January 2022|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref>

On 21 October 2020, Cogeco Communications announced an agreement for the acquisition of DERYTelecom by its subsidiary Cogeco Connexion for $405 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arsenault |first=Julien |date=2020-10-21 |title=Cogeco allonge 405 millions pour avaler DERYtelecom |language=fr-CA |work=La Presse |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/2020-10-21/cogeco-allonge-405-millions-pour-avaler-derytelecom.php |access-date=2023-03-07}}</ref> Founded in Saguenay, DERYTelecom is the third largest cable company in Quebec. The closing of the transaction is announced on 14 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |author-link=Cogeco Communications Inc. |date=2020-12-14 |title=Cogeco Communications Inc. annonce la conclusion de l'acquisition de DERYtelecom par Cogeco Connexion |url=https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/cogeco-communications-inc-annonce-la-conclusion-de-l-acquisition-de-derytelecom-par-cogeco-connexion-857918645.html |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.newswire.ca |language=fr}}</ref>

In February 2023, the company announced that it had acquired the telecommunications operation of Internet service provider Oxio.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connexion |first=Cogeco |title=COGECO CONNEXION ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF OXIO |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cogeco-connexion-announces-the-acquisition-of-oxio-885065481.html |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.newswire.ca |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/business/the-industry-is-in-crisis-another-small-internet-provider-sells-to-big-telecom/article_d813412e-5cb3-536b-9beb-4b3c84e89f33.html | title='The industry is in crisis:' Another small internet provider sells to big telecom | website=Toronto Star | date=21 February 2023 }}</ref>

==Digital services==

===Digital cable television=== Within its Canadian cable operations in Ontario and Quebec, 98% of all homes passed by Cogeco Cable-owned plant are able to access digital cable services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cogeco Annual Report 2006|url=http://www.cogeco.ca/files/pdf/financial_annual_report_en/CGO_Annual_report2006.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703071418/http://www.cogeco.ca/files/pdf/financial_annual_report_en/CGO_Annual_report2006.pdf|archive-date=2007-07-03|access-date=2007-04-14|website=cogeco.ca|page=10}}</ref>

In August 2018, Cogeco announced that it would convert its cablesystems to IPTV using MediaKind platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/cogeco-mediafirst-rollout-will-exist-alongside-tivo|title=Cogeco: MediaFirst Rollout Will Exist Alongside TiVo|last=Frankel|first=Daniel|website=Multichannel|date=17 August 2018 |language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

===Internet access=== thumb|A marker post alerting to the presence of Cogeco optical fiber Cogeco Cable was one of the first major cable operators to deploy its network compliant with the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard to provide all of its Internet Protocol (IP) based services, such as internet access and VoIP as early as 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cablelabs.com/news/newsletter/SPECS/spectechdec/tech.pgs/leadstory.html|title=Cable Television Laboratories Inc. SPECS News & Technology Newsletter |date= August 2002 |accessdate= 16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520061337/http://www.cablelabs.com/news/newsletter/SPECS/spectechdec/tech.pgs/leadstory.html |archive-date= 20 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2009, Cogeco implemented a penalty for surpassing the bandwidth limits for each tier. As of August 2021, Cogeco offers up to gigabit download speeds (30 Mbit/s upload) in certain areas which takes advantage of its DOCSIS 3.1 platform upgrades and 180 Mbit/s download (10 Mbit/s upload) most of its footprint on DOCSIS 3.0.

===VoIP digital telephony=== Cogeco Cable launched its digital phone service in June 2005, a VoIP-based telephony service offering customers unlimited local & long distance calling within Canada and to the United States, voice mail, call display, call waiting, visual call waiting, call forwarding, 411-directory assistance, 911-emergency assistance, 611-technical support assistance, 711-message relay services and 0-operator services. == See also == * YourTV * Cogeco radio stations * List of cable television companies * List of internet service providers in Canada

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.cogeco.ca/}} * [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/cogeco-inc History of Cogeco Inc. - Canadian Communication Foundation] * [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/title_org.htm CRTC chart of Cogeco's assets]

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