Cablevision Makes Puerto Rico a Local Call

Cablevision Systems Corp.’s Optimum Voice subscribers will now be able to call Puerto Rico as part of the unlimited calling area in their voice-over-Internet-protocol telephone service, which also includes the United States and Canada.

“The addition of Puerto Rico to our flat-rate unlimited calling area makes the market’s best value in voice even more valuable,” said Joe Varello, Cablevision’s vice president of digital voice product management, in a statament

Optimum Voice is available to Optimum Online customers for $34.95 a month. It includes enhanced voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, caller ID blocking, call return, three-way calling, call forwarding and directory assistance.

The service counts 272,000 subscribers.