Any cons on buying your own modem?
Don't really mind the $5/mo since if theres problem they come and take care of it which they have done once already in the last year, but that was just to upgrade it from a different model. Otherwise...
View Article[iO] ESPN Stutter / Freeze / Pause
I DVR PTI everyday and watch quite a bit of College BBall and have noticed that it seems to frequently have a skip, pause, stutter (not 100% how to describe it, but it's voice and video) that lasts for...
View Article[OOL] What do these truck do, spy or monitor?
Saw this today, like a shuttle being refueled, but an Optimum truck tethered to the pole?
View ArticleDoes TM1602 suffer from same Puma 6 issues as the SB6190?
After reading the news article here -- https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Arris-SB6190-Modem-Puma-6-Chipset-Have-Some-Major-Issues-138411 and trying to wade through the huge thread over in the Cox...
View ArticleIPv6 Cometh
With Altice moving us over to current-generation CMTS/CCAP hardware (which can forward IPv6 in hardware, unlike the ubr10k :-) and beginning to turn up more v6 peering (see...
View Article$3.99 Broadcast TV Surcharge
whats the deal with this and really ? whats next ? internet connectivity surcharge ?
View ArticleCloo, Next to Go
As of February 1, Cloo (channel 169 in most areas) will no longer be available.
View Article[iO] Has Optimum under Altice just stopped adding any HD Channels?
I have noticed the recent trend since Altice took over of the dropping of channels at any given opportunity, but remarkably have not seen us get anything back on the TV end of things. When was the last...
View ArticleUpdates on fiber, gigabit, and more...
I have a few things I can pass along, if anyone is interested. The fiber buildout started before their announcement. In fact, Altice likely was thinking about it from the top before the purchase...
View ArticlePort Forwarding
i can't play GTA on my ps4 and i tried connecting with ethernet straight from the modem and it worked so im assuming i need to port forward. I looked up on porforwarding site but they did not have a...
View Articleports 80 and 25, issues
The Optimum website is not allowing me to toggle the status of these 2 ports. When I try to change them, the site first warns me that a reboot is necessary, then tells me that the service is...
View Article[iO] V-Me (Channel 199) to go
Saw a banner on the Listings Channels and V-me (199) will no longer be available on March 4th. Never watched the channel but, that doesn't mean others haven't. Yet another channel leaves the lineup.
View ArticleAspect Ratio
I don't know if an update did something or what but the aspect ratio is all messed up. I have my TV set to 16:9. I HAD the box set to stretch non HD channels. But when I do that now it zooms in all the...
View Article[OOL] 16+ Channels Down - Official Thread
16 channels down on my node in the Morris system as of August 5th.
View ArticleCable Box Class Action Suit
Apparently cable box users of Cablevision got overcharged for the boxes (big shocker there), and there was an ongoing court case that got settled. While the lawyers get the real money, we users get a...
View Article[OOL] Pricing
Hello, I became an OOL only customer last year and am currently paying 44.99/mon (I returned their modem, use my own SB6141). The promotional pricing is about to expire and I wanted to know if there is...
View Article[iO] New channel coming -- i24
Looks like Altice is bringing their own international news channel to the lineup in February - i24 http://www.newsday.com/business/altice-launching-news-network-i24-in-u-s-in-february-1.13025321...
View Article[OOL] Speed Issues Tonight in Brookhaven
Anyone else having speed issues. Getting 20-25 down 10-15 up. Have OOL 100. Everything has been rebooted on the network same results.
View ArticleSuddenly can't access SB6120 at 192.168.100.1
About three hours ago I lost internet access. At that time I went to the logs tab in the web UI of my SB6120 at 192.168.100.1 and did in fact see some errors there. My Internet access came back shortly...
View Article[OOL] Univision carriage dispute
I recently saw a commercial (alert) asking the viewers to call a certain number. If Univision was the leave, that would be major problem for the Hispanic population.
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