CNET author Ben Charny had a story on how Cox is rolling out VoIP services across several locations in the U.S., including Oklahoma (Tulsa), Louisiana (Lafayette and Baton Rouge) and Texas (Midland).  The U.S. MSOs are much further ahead than their Canadian counterparts in deploying these services (there are other examples, such as Comcast, which is relying on Cisco gear and Time Warner and Charter, which bought into Sprint's Wholesale VoIP solution, which uses the Nortel gear).

What is the price of Cox's bundle?  $100 a month for voice, video and data.  In the meantime, over here in Canada, Rogers is planning to introduce VoIP services in the first half of next year (there are some indications that the company will use Cisco's gear).  Perhaps the slower deployment of IP by the Canadian MSOs can be partly attributed to the still uncertain regulatory picture.  Despite that, some Canadian MSOs like Rogers have a trump card they can play, namely wireless as a the fourth component of the bundle.