US VOIP market up 18% in Q3 2006, 18.2 mln subscribers, 1.95 mln is Vonage

US VOIP subscribers grew 18% to 8.2 mln in Q3 2006, according to TeleGeography. VoIP revenues reached $732 mln across the United States, compared with Q3 2005 level of $298 mln. Vonage led the market with 1.95 mln subscribers, followed by Time Warner with 1.64 mln. Comcast was #3 with 1.35 mln, surpassing Cablevision with 1.10 mln.