Cablevisioin Petition - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Cynthetiq · 05-16-2003, 12:28 PM

http://www.petitiononline.com/opton/petition.html

To: Cablevision of New York
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.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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Cablevision bastards recently fucked me and a number of people out of speed. When I download something like this happens... if I'm downloading 6 files...

1st file 20k/s
2nd file 10k/s
3rd file 3.33k/s
4th file 1.56k/s
5th file .5k/s
6th flie .05k/s

I've signed the petition. If you are a Cablevision subscriber or know someone who is.. please forward this to them. I'm going to be a TimeWarner customer soon enough when I move out of the Cablevision Monopoly area.

Banginblaz · 05-16-2003, 02:12 PM

I'm really pissed about all this, I WAS paying 29.95 a month............ They raised it to 44.95.

Fuckers........ I wish SBC DSL was reliable, I would switch in a heartbeat.

05-16-2003, 12:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	Cablevision Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/opton/petition.html To: Cablevision of New York 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. Sincerely, The Undersigned ------ Cablevision bastards recently fucked me and a number of people out of speed. When I download something like this happens... if I'm downloading 6 files... 1st file 20k/s 2nd file 10k/s 3rd file 3.33k/s 4th file 1.56k/s 5th file .5k/s 6th flie .05k/s I've signed the petition. If you are a Cablevision subscriber or know someone who is.. please forward this to them. I'm going to be a TimeWarner customer soon enough when I move out of the Cablevision Monopoly area. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION! Last edited by Cynthetiq; 05-16-2003 at 02:19 PM..

05-16-2003, 02:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Banginblaz Dont stop here; This is bat country! Location: North East	I'm really pissed about all this, I WAS paying 29.95 a month............ They raised it to 44.95. Fuckers........ I wish SBC DSL was reliable, I would switch in a heartbeat.