[OOL] maybe adding a tv/phone package,i have boost @30,new @50
the cable optonline is trying to sell me a voice and boost plus for 105. Now i pay 85 for only cable boost since i dont watch tv. The difference was about $20,for 2 hookups, with a 30 day return time.I...
View Article[OOL] Best router for Boost Plus?
I currently have a Linksys E1550 and I'm having low speeds when connected via wireless. Wired is fine and yields proper results. I've searched around and have disabled WMM as instructed, but that...
View ArticleMTV2 HD being added
From a CT Pura filing: "Effective Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Cablevision will launch MTV2 in High Definition (HD) in Connecticut. MTV2 HD will launch on channel 740 and will be available to...
View Article[Optimum Voice] Losing voice dial tone
Recently I am losing dial tone and phone service in OV. My modem is a Cisco DPQ3212. The Tel light is solid green when this happens . ( not blinking like a phone was in use). I do have battery back up....
View ArticleOptimum App for Laptop
http://www.optimum.net/OptimumDesktop/landing I received a robot call yesterday from the mother ship yesterday which directed me to the link above. "Watch Live TV on your laptop! You are invited to...
View ArticleSucky audio on channel 5
So I'm watching American Idol (digital SD feed) and there's a constant rumbling / static sound on the audio track. It makes it difficult to listen to the show.
View Article[iO] LI/Hauppauge System: Digital Conversion Coming
I guess they are getting back on track with converting the system(s) to all digital. Received the following letter the other day. Looks like February 21st is the day, so about a month away.
View ArticleWhole House DVR For CV ?
My mom, living in Nassau County, switched to Verizon a week ago, from CV. Nothing but problems. She called CV today to go back to them, and was sold the Ultimate triple play with some type of whole...
View Article[iO] Dvr plus comes to Huntington area
Thank you for your e-Mail. The DVR Plus service is $5.00 per month if you add it to your existing DVR service. If you return your existing DVR box and add DVR Plus service the monthly rate is $10.95...
View Article[OOL] Swapped modem, still resets approx every 10 mins when dl'i
Can't download files of any significant size without having disconnects and modem recycles, and it happens during typical usage too. Just swapped old modem (which I thought was the problem) for a new...
View ArticleOptimum WiFi speed increase
I saw an ad on TV saying that the download speed of Optimum WiFi has been increased to 15 Mbps. I only got 9.5 Mbps in my test, but the speed has definitely been increased.
View ArticleARISS modem has wrong IP address - 174.44.9.202
Hi, Yesterday I came home and the phone had a busy signal so I power-cycled the cable modem and all was well. This morning I try a speedtest.net and I see myself on the graphic out around Idaho! I...
View ArticleCannot watch OnDemand on iOS devices when no boxes in house
So I recently was able to get rid of all my cable boxes and have just a cable card with the ceton infinitv4 hooked up to my HTPC. Love it and would never want their terrible boxes back. However noticed...
View Article[OOL] Email support not working...
I'm trying to send an email to CV via their webpage at: http://optimum.custhelp.com/app/ask Whenever I click submit, I get: "A problem has been encountered. Your question could not be processed."...
View ArticleCV workers attempting to unionize (CWA)
said by NY Times :They describe themselves as beaten-up workhorses, these burly fellows with linebacker shoulders and bass-register voices. Four men sit in a union hall on a darkened stretch of Utica...
View ArticleVOIP dropouts / poor "Consistency of Service"
Recently, I have been hearing dropouts on a third party VOIP provider - and people on the other end hear them too. I contacted the VOIP provider and they ran a VOIP test from voipreview which shows 40%...
View ArticleHow Can this be legal?
For my business, I recently set up the "Ultra" service. $300 to install, with 101 MB down (max) and 15 up. After a couple of weeks of messing with it, they finally got me from 25 MB/s down to 60 MB/s...
View ArticleHigh latency between 8-11 est?? anyone else?
This has been happening for a little longer than a week now and it is driving me crazy. I am a gamer so latency is something I am always tracking and something that is important to me. Recently I have...
View ArticleModem randomly restarts during downloads
The modem randomly restarts when I get download speeds of above 1.0 MB/s+. This happens anywhere from 20 mins to around 4 hours of downloding anything where the speed goes above 1.0 mb/s. Had a tech...
View ArticleCurious about optimum network upgrade message
I got both a voice and email about a coming optimum network upgrade in my area and that I may experience a "temporary interruption". It says between 1:00am and 6:00am but gives not actual date which...
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