The German cable operator KabelBW has said it now has 500,000 CleverKabel customers taking triple play services. More than 22% of the 2.3 million customers buy broadband internet access and also telephony services.
The cabler has also announced that it will have 100 Mbps Docsis 3.0 internet access available across its entire network in 2010. At the moment, about half of all KabelBW homes have access to fast internet.
During this autumn, KabelBW is offering a free 169 GB PVR for all new customers taking one of its top triple play offers, CleverKabel 25 and CleverKabel 50.
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