Tag: Optimum

  • Metuchen gauges public’s interest on alternative internet service providers through survey

    Metuchen gauges public’s interest on alternative internet service providers through survey

    METUCHEN – Borough officials want to know if residents, businesses would welcome an alternative internet service provider other than Optimum. A survey will be floating around for the “next couple months” to gauge input from the community regarding broadband availability and interest within the borough. “Our residents don’t have any choice when it comes to…

  • Edison seeks to end ‘monopoly of Optimum;’ council awards contract for feasibility study

    Edison seeks to end ‘monopoly of Optimum;’ council awards contract for feasibility study

    EDISON – The township is exploring network options to end what they call “the monopoly of Optimum.” The Township Council approved a resolution awarding a contract/purchase order to Millennium Communications Group Inc., East Hanover, for a high-speed broadband feasibility study and business plan in the amount of $36,750 at a meeting in March. “The topic…

  • March 16 meeting will investigate operations of Altice USA

    March 16 meeting will investigate operations of Altice USA

    Former North Brunswick Council President Ralph Andrews recalls that township residents’ concerns over Optimum’s service did not just happen overnight.  “Prior to the pandemic and March 2020 shutdowns, residents were complaining of increasing fees and declining service and customer service support from Optimum, commonly referred to as Optimum-Altice,” Andrews said in a statement released by…