Optimum Online announces Ultra service, 101Mbps/15Mbps for $99

By on April 28, 2009 at 12:01 AM.

Optimum Online announces Ultra service, 101Mbps/15Mbps for $99

If you’re a Cablevision subscriber with a need for more bandwidth, you’re in for a real treat. Like, you might need to change your pants. Just announced a few seconds ago is Optimum Online’s new Ultra service. This takes their existing Boost service to a whole new level. Want to know how fast? How about 101Mbps downstream and 15Mbps upstream. Fast enough? Well, it’s now the fastest residential internet service in the entire country. Even better is the fact that come May 11th, the Ultra service will be available to every single Cablevision subscriber across their entire service area. You might be wondering what the pricing will be on this… it’s going to be available for $99 a month. Existing subs are paying around $60/month for Boost at 30Mbps/5Mbps and Verizon’s FIOS service is around $150/mo for 50Mbps/20Mbps — seems incredibly fair right? Think of all the DiVx movies, applications, games you could...

Hey Verizon, you just got pooped on.

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Optimum Online accessed over 1,000,000 times for free

By on April 4, 2009 at 8:05 PM.

Optimum Online accessed over 1,000,000 times for free

Cablevision’s Optimum Online service recently announced that its subscribers have connected and used their free Wi-Fi access points over 1,000,000 times. Pretty amazing, actually. We got a heads up they are offering free Wi-Fi on all of their Wi-Fi hotspots across their service area (NY/NJ/CT) to subscribers of its Optimum Online internet service. At a time with so many consumer Wi-Fi applications and services like T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home, the new Skype iPhone app and more, it’s quite an enticing offer. So if free Wi-Fi is the sort of thing that floats your boat, be sure to hit up the read link for an interactive network coverage map. We don’t think you’ll be disappointed with the very generous coverage.

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