Give back our upload

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Nobody Beats The Wiz, Cablevision, The Knicks, The Rangers. What do these four things have in common? The Cablevision Empire runs them all. All have also been expensive, and had lacking value for the past few years.

The one saving grace in the Cablevision conglomerate has been Optimum Online. Many times over the last 2 years, I have referred to it as the best Internet Service Provider in America. At $40 a month, it was a fantastic value providing it's customers with speedy download and upload capabilities.

A few months ago, notice came that Optimum Online was going to raise it's monthly fee by $10. I'm sure there was some unhappiness at the rate increase, but I figured that the excellent service that they provided warranted it.

Less than a week after the rate increase, however. Optimum Online instituted a policy of capping its users bandwidth, if in their opinion they "uploaded too much."

Optimum, before this cap was instituted allowed upload speeds of about 12 times the speed of a dial up modem. When capped, users struggle to upload at TWICE dial-up speeds.

This capping of user's upload has changed Optimum Online from the shinning point in Cablevision's deteriorating monopoly, to just another service which they offer. This petition is not against any law. It is not against the rate increase. It is not against Cablevision's inability to provide the YES network to its customers. It IS about the fact that unless they reconsider this poor decision, customers will probably find a better deal on TV and Internet elsewhere.

Cablevision has the highest cable TV rates in the country, and is quickly spreading it's inefficiency not only to our local sports teams, but now to our Internet access. I urge it's customers to sign this petition, and let this monopoly know that it is in danger of losing the over $100 a month, per subscriber which it now collects for combines cable and internet services.

378 Signatures

  • Craig Glaser
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Matthew Casey
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • You have no right to advertise "blazing download speeds" and "the ability to download MP3's lightning fast!", then penalize customers for utilizing the service.
  • warezmonkey
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • fuk maek my caeble fast i watn 2 warez stuff plz
  • Matt Wheeler
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I'm not a user of your service, but I feel this is outrageous behavior by a large cable company such as yourselves.
  • Michael Carl
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • John Bown
    • Comments
    • You're supposed to be providing a service, isn't the customer always right?
  • Glen Koundry
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Michelle Rose
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Comments
    • Your customers are paying for a service, and it is inappropriate for you to regulate their speeds, hindering their service.
  • Harrison Powers
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • This really sucks, you really are going to consider yourself BROADband??
  • Svetlana Roslyakova
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
  • Michael Giacobello
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I was thinking about joining but now this is rediclous
  • Brandon Serkes
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Chung-tah Tsao
  • SA Movie Nerd
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • hey your upload cap is stopping me from using bit torrent day and night to distribute illegal movies. shame on you
  • michael s roebuck
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Comments
    • what's the point of high speed service if it's only one-way?
  • Jeremy Toth
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • ty
  • Scott McDaniel
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Maanit Desai
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I pay for the bandwidth, I want to use it!
  • Tyler Durden
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • You are not your ability to commit wanton acts of illegal intellectual property distribution.
  • Robin Greco
  • adhaar desai
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • d00d
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Kymberly Hudson
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • Was going to subscribe when I moved to the area later this year based on recommendations... will not be now
  • Johnny Brookheart
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Sean Campbell
  • Frank Burton
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Joseph Lorna
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • i'm all for throttling bandwidth for those that abuse the upstream channel but OOL needs to clearly define what constitutes "abuse" so people know when not to cross the line. it wastes my time an OOL's time everytime i have to call to lift a cap. perhaps the capping system shpuld be dynamic, meaning that if you had somehow "abused" the upstream bandwidth and capped as a result, the cap should lifted automatically in, say, a couple of days.
  • Colin Breen
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Andre Cohen
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I dont have another Broadband Choice
  • Drew Sun
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Phil Myass
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • Philer Up :)
  • Ewe Deserve Tobecapped
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Robert Kozlenko
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I dont upload too much, but when I want to.. I wish I didnt have to be worried about being capped.
  • Bill Clinton
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I swear that I did not abuse my upload on Monica.
  • Tom L
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Comments
    • Are you guys CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will loose so many customers, wow, that's low, that's like a violation of fredom of speech and expersion
  • joseph cortese
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Mike Hunt
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Emil Edelgart
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Joe Palladino
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Eddie Murphy
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • take petition, fold neatly, place up yer ass
  • Roger
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Ken Braxton
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I just moved and was going to get my cable/tv service from Cablevision, but after hearing about this decided to go with Attbi.
  • Mike Fiore
  • Sean S
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • Jeffrey Gordon
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
  • mike
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • this is crap ive had enoff
  • Nabil Amiri
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No
    • Comments
    • I think this is a terrible misunderstanding, upload cap should be removed.
  • N. Robinson
    • Comments
    • If people pay for a service, they should receive the service they have paid for. It is unethical for a company to take away part of a paid service because a person took advantage of the service.
  • jay french
    • Are you a current Optimum Online customer?
    • No
    • Are you considering leaving, because of the upload cap?
    • No