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When Verizon FiOS is moving in on your turf, one way to preserve customers is to hand out free Wi-Fi service for your customers on-the-go. Cablevision’s Optimum Wi-Fi service aims to do just that, with thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots installed across metropolitan New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Many hotspots can be found at shopping centers, on main streets and train platforms, in parks, marinas, and at sports fields. The company claims Optimum WiFi, running for a year now, is already available at nearly 96% of commuter rail platforms and station parking lots serving Long Island and Westchester County.
Now the company wants to extend access into the trains commuters across the area ride every day and evening. The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been seeking proposals to provide Wi-Fi to customers. Cablevision has filed a proposal to provide the service in partnership with the MTA, providing access to Cablevision customers at no charge, and perhaps sharing revenue with the MTA for non-Cablevision customers signing up for temporary access.
“As one of the nation’s leading telecommunications providers and a well-established local company that has already made a significant commitment to deploying Optimum WiFi across the New York metropolitan area, Cablevision is uniquely positioned to quickly and seamlessly deliver a high-quality WiFi network across the LIRR and Metro North railroad system,” said Kevin Curran, Cablevision’s senior vice president of wireless product development. “We have delivered a proposal that would provide significant benefits to all parties, and are excited and encouraged by the prospect of providing Optimum WiFi service to the MTA and its ridership. We look forward to participating in a process that will result in the availability of fast and reliable WiFi service on the railroads.”
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OPTIMUM OWNS, FIOS BLOWS. Firstly Verizon is the most evil teleco i have ever encountered that only spews BS lies and thrives on ppl being ignorant/uninformed. They make ppl think that just because fiber is in the house that means its better == BS. Modern cable infrastructure is mostly fiber, they only use coax from the pole/switchbox to ur house, that saves them and u money on running fiber into the premises which wouldnt add any benefits to the enduser or the cable company. Modern embedded signal processors are now fast enough to transmit data over copper as fast as… Read more »
The only reason that you can declare “FIOS BLOWS” is because you are in an Optimum area. Cablevision is the only serious competitor to Verizon at this point, they are actually competitive because they are trying to survive. CV has the most overlap with FIOS and UVERSE over any other large cable company. If you moved a couple of towns over and went into TWC or Comcast territory it would literally change your perspective overnight. Cox is okay, as long as they don’t enforce caps in your area. Cablevision is the best large cable company in the country which means… Read more »
the billing prosses with bolth v.f and c.v suck . the v.f security tools caused my computer to crash . if you go on line and google wi-fi thare is more help with stealing wi-fi useing cow-patty and old t.v antenna mods with fiol ,cans ,fencing , and copper pipes . but al in all the v.f is supperior to c.v when watching t.v shack videos or downloading b.t files