SubscribeCablevision will officially boost its broadband speed packages next Monday in a move to stay competitive with Verizon FiOS, which has been highly successful getting people to upgrade to 50/25Mbps service for just $10 more than customers pay for Verizon’s standard tier (15/5Mbps).
Broadband Reports obtained an internal memo outlining the new speeds, confirming the details we had been tipped off about by Cablevision employees last month. Cablevision customers on Long Island tell Stop the Cap! the speed upgrades have already been launched in their area. Customers can find out if they have the upgrade by briefly unplugging their cable modem’s power cord, allowing the modem to reset.
Cablevision speeds are far better than those offered by Time Warner Cable, which serves much of the rest of New York City, especially for uploads. Time Warner tops out at 5Mbps for upstream speeds in the northeast. Customers with older equipment will need a DOCSIS 3 modem to get the Ultra-level speeds.
Legacy Boost/Boost Plus customers will see a massive speed hike to 101/35Mbps at no extra charge if the memo is correct. Newer customers signed up for Boost will be upgraded to 50/25Mbps service. We have yet to confirm whether these upgrades have actually occurred yet.
I wish Frontier In Rochester would just sell out to Verizon. It really sucks we have such a s****y competitor here in Rochester for TW.
Calling Frontier a competitor is a joke, right? I mean, the services offered by Frontier are barely comparable to what Time Warner offers. Let’s be straight, Time Warner has NO competition in our area (Rochester, NY) and that is why they can get away with poor customer service, raising prices at will without providing any new services or upgrading existing services, adding modem and equipment rental fees, etc.
Broadband is quickly becoming one of the only telecom utilities that people are interested in. If given a choice between having only one of phone, cable TV or broadband internet, what do you think an overwhelming majority of people would choose? Polls show that they would most likely choose broadband internet, but I know this is not news to anyone that reads this blog on a regular basis.
What I can’t understand is why it is so difficult to get some better offerings around here. I blame politicians, just because they anger me and make easy targets! 😉
It happened. I realized a couple weeks ago that my Optimum internet kept dropping out. Recently I have been seeing Optimum vans everywhere in my neighborhood. I saw 3 on my block yesterday. I decided to run a Speedtest only to find out that my speeds had increased to 60Mbps down and 35 up. I was very happy. I had Optimum Boost Plus before, and I never got 50Mbps, only 30 or so.