Cablevision Systems, which serves some 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area, introduced two premium bandwidth tiers for its cable modem Internet service:
- Optimum Online Boost, offering speeds of up to 30 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream,
- Optimum Online Ultra, offering symmetrical data connections of up to 50 Mbps upstream and downstream
Cablevision’s current Optimum Online service will also be upgraded from 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream to 15 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps up at no additional cost.
Cablevision will begin to deploy the new speeds and service levels immediately, with the accelerated Optimum Online service and Optimum Online Boost available across the company’s entire service area by the middle of 2006. Optimum Online Ultra is already available across the company’s entire service area. Customers will be updated directly regarding availability in their specific areas.
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- Cablevision had more than 1.5 million cable modem customers as of June 30, more than one third of the homes passed by its network. More than half of all Internet-connected homes in the company’s service area access the Internet through Optimum Online.