Optimum (cable brand)
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| Company type | Brand |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Headquarters | Long Island City |
Area served | New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina |
Key people | Dexter Goei (Chief Executive Officer, Altice Group / Executive Chairman, Altice USA) Hakim Boubazine (President and Chief Operating Officer, Altice USA) Mike Grau (Chief Financial Officer, Altice USA) |
| Services | Cable Television, High Speed Internet, Telephone, Mobile Phone, Advertising |
| Parent | Altice USA |
| Website | www |
Optimum is an Internet, TV, Mobile and Home phone company serving the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania Tri-State area, and North Carolina.
Overview[change | change source]
Altice One is the company's flagship home entertainment platform. The device combines TV, streaming apps and more into one space-saving design.
Television[change | change source]
Optimum TV offers cable television service in three tiers
- Core: 220+ Channels
- Select: 340+ Channels (includes Starz Encore)
- Premier: 420+ Channels (includes HBO, Showtime, and Starz)
Internet[change | change source]
Optimum offers internet speeds up to 940 megabits per second. Currently there are four speed tiers available:
- "1 Gig", Optimum's flagship speed tier. This speed tier offers 940Mbit/s download speed and is marketed as a "fiber" connection. Fiber connections may also have a 940Mbit/s upload speed. However, fiber is not guaranteed in all locations. Optimum may instead use a coaxial connection for this speed tier, causing service to be 940Mbit/s download and up to only 50Mbit/s upload.[1]
- 400 Mbit/s
- 300 Mbit/s
- 200 Mbit/s
The company also offers a low-cost broadband option, Altice Advantage Internet, for certain eligible customers.
Voice[change | change source]
Optimum offers landline VOIP telephone service branded as Optimum Voice; the service uses a telephone cable modem to provide the service, either alone or combined into a household's main cable modem box.
Business[change | change source]
Optimum provides small and mid-sized businesses with internet, phone, TV, mobile, Smart WiFi and ad services.
Narrowcasting[change | change source]
With the introduction of more than Optimum's original 30 channels, narrowcasting was added to the service's offerings,[2] since it was now economical to provide "programs of much significance to small audiences."
Conflicts[change | change source]
A New Jersey company that named itself "Optimum Networks Inc." was sued by then-owner Cablevision Systems Corporation (CSC) for violation of the OPTIMUM trademark in 2010.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "1 Gig Internet on the fastest fiber network". optimum.com. Optimum. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ Warren Strugatch (March 3, 2002). "L.I.@WORK: As Cablevision Sees the Future, It's Interactive". The New York Times.
instructional programs about bird-watching or fine wines.
- ↑ "CSC HOLDINGS LLC v. Optimum Networks, Inc., 731 F. Supp. 2d 400 (D.N.J. 2010)". August 17, 2010.