From CableFAX Daily’s coverage of Verizon’s earnings announcement yesterday:

“Also notable was (chairman/CEO Ivan) Seidenberg’s take on cable targeting small businesses. While the industry has made a lot of noise in this area, ‘I would say outside the Cablevision territory, I don’t think it is something that we are seeing a lot of at the moment.’”

If Seidenberg isn’t seeing it, perhaps it’s only because he’s not looking, or doesn’t want to see it, or isn’t looking beyond New York. Cable is making significant inroads with small and medium businesses. And, taking nothing away from Cablevision’s commercial success, it isn’t the only cable company signing up small businesses in large numbers. Cox Communications, for instance, acheived a 28% growth in commercial business in the third quarter, a large portion of it from small businesses. And, notably, a significant chunk of it in Verizon markets.