Optimum Reviews

Hi All. My name is Jose, we live in West Islip, NY, every week I have to unplug to reboot system. 5 out of 7 days a week system is malfunctioning, not allowing to record channels suscribed, or system not working at all. You call optimum/Altice support and they insult you. They tech support sucks. Too much technology to be handled by a cheap company... In other hand Verizon, the biggest rippers of all. They tell you that you are going to pay 180. For the service selected, and you finish paying 300. The last but not the worst is DirecTV, extremely nice service but in rainy stormy or snowing days you better sleep or listen radio... no signal is available. The BBB, should control this first two suckers, Cablevision and Verizon. They don't respect the customers. In reference to DirecTV, nothing you can do against climate conditions, unless they provide a proven Internet DirecTV service. By the way, I tried them all. I'm not talking bull... All of them suck

I went with Altice One. Had it for 36 hours. I had to call helpless desk 5 times. My main box kept going into registering mode and had to reset all 5 boxes to get them up and running wich took 30 minutes each time. The Internet is slower than before even though it is the same speed. My main box keeps shutting down and I was told that is how it is designed after 4 hours if you dont touch the remote it will shut down automatically. Really??? There is no plug outlet on the back of the boxes to plug your tv in, and no time display on the minis. Go with another cable company and save yourself some aggravation.

The worst customer service ever!!! On Feb 9th I kept losing my internet service. I was advised by the technical department my router was bad and I either had to wait 5 days for a new one to be mailed to me or go to a local store to exchange it myself. I work from home most of the week and couldn't wait 5 days so I went to exchange the equipment myself. At the store I was advised by upgrading the router to a "smart router". I was assured this should fix all my issues. I returned with my upgraded router which is an additional fee and I still had issues the very next day.

Internet is much slower than advertised despite paying for a higher tier. Called customer service to cancel TV since I only use Netflix and internet now. Wanted to also drop my internet speed to the normal rate since I know Optimum is incapable of delivering a higher speed. I was promised a drop to 70 dollars. 2 months later I'm still paying 170. They just lie to you and get you off the phone. This is a scam company. Switch to Verizon and hit 'em where it hurts.

Bad experience with Optimum from beginning to end. They were very dishonest with their upfront fees leaving out the fact you will be charged an additional almost $50 worth of taxes and fees after you sign up that no one mentions. And upon disconnect was told I would have the services through the end of day of the last billing day of the month which I paid for but was immediately disconnected in the middle of the day. Would be happy to recommend if the customer service was honest but would never recommend due to the dubious tactics and conflicting information throughout. Extremely disappointed, everything would be fine if they were just honest.

Terrible internet speeds. Terrible installation technicians and even worse customer support on the phone. I pay for a 400mbps speed and after 3 months of going thru hoops the technician today told me the problem is on the pole outside. Called and asked for a credit, & was told, "We will see what the system can do." Supervisor was not available, she did not know her name but stated she was away from her desk out to lunch for maybe over an hour.... all Huey!!! They are disingenuous and take no responsibility. Don't waste your money on Optimum!!!

I switched to the cable company when I spoke to their rep during their promotion period. The rep promised no taxes, low monthly charge, and great service. It turned out to be the opposite. My bill went up after the first month. Their explanation was the promotion has changed so my bill was adjusted! The promised 200M internet speed is only referred to downloading speed. The uploading speed is barely 30m or so. The TV service is a headache. I kept calling their customer service (6-7 times in 2 months) but they could not get it work properly.

They rope you in with a low price, then hit you with all these hidden fees. You end up paying much more. They add in extra commercials and you miss the important parts of shows. The new Altice remotes SUCK. If you try and enter in a channel like 173 it goes right to 17 before you can finish entering in the 3. You cant turn off the internet separate from the cable tv if you want to cut your kids off...

I have 6 televisions and all of them are pixing. I have repeatedly spent hours on the phone trying to get this problem fixed. You call they send someone out but, the TV's are still pixing. I couldn't see much of the Super Bowl due to this problem. My phone also is not working. This has been going on since January. I have worked with so-called supervisor's playing games and telling me that John is going to fix problem. My nerves are out of control and blood pressure is up. I found myself hyperventilating while speaking to a Supervisor. I am at the point to let my children take care of this problem when it comes to MOM the game is on. You wonder why people act a FOOL.

They are simply bad. Their customer service is bad. Internet is overpriced and the speed is unpredictable. They will charge you add-ons constantly, their auto-payment is not working properly -- which I think is being done to charge the customers late fees more often.

Please do not use this cable company. They are cons at its best. They offer you 200 Mbps Internet but lags constantly as it is shared. In December 2018, the customer service representative offer me a credit for a cable box until June 2019. The bill with taxes would be about $153.00 dollars. Today, I got a bill for $172.00 dollars with an excuse from the customer service representative that the offer was no longer in place and that cost are rising. Optimum is like the "mafia", they will con you and steal your money, no customer service and their word means nothing. Please do not use this cable company as they will drain you monetary.

Not only do they totally mislead you about the prices and packages they offer and sign you up for whatever they please, their technicians came to our house, and said everything was hooked up and left. Only one box out of four were hooked up and it was hell to get someone to come back and install - I was threatened with charges, then told they wouldn't charge me out of the kindness of their heart - as though it wasn't their fault!

Was with Cablevision for 24 years and left in 2015... After 4 years fell for the sales pitch that "Altice" was better service. Fell for it on 2/2. Decided to opt out on 2/4 and made no less than 15 calls and spoke with 6 people to confirm my order was canceled and for a return of my first month's charge. Today, I left a voice message for their CEO Mr. Goei... However, the 'culture' of this new kid in town reeks of the past culture. All lip service... They have caused a major issue with Verizon who is still waiting for Optimum to update them with the cancelation order. BUYER BEWARE.

They have been to my house 4 times. The issue is for 16 years these scam artist had me pay for 2 separate bills for my duplex. I found out recently I should have only paid for 1 bill. My payments was near $700 and now it's at $275. However since they had to come to reorganize my service I have had internet issues. Then you have to wait more than 45 minutes before you get on of their rude customer service personnel.

This is by far the worst experience ever with a service department. I've never been against having call centers in other countries as long as the assistants understand the business they are supporting. But both by phone and chat there is nothing to suggest the people on the other end had any inkling as to what they were supposed to be helping with. Their "standard" responses were laughable and I got the distinct impression my aggravation was amusing them.

I cancelled my service. The technician came to pick up all the equipment and I signed for it. I was supposed to receive a $69.54 credit. Now they are saying I owe them $30.00 for nonreturned equipment. I have called 4 times and transferred 3 to 4 times each call. I still have not been able to rectify the issue. This is an absolute scam!

‪Once again @Optimum is sticking it to me. They are charging me $65 after I canceled my service back on January 18th, AND was told there wouldn’t be any more charges. This is #legalRobbery. I contacted customer service and they refused to eliminate this charge.

BE AWARE OF THE SCAM OF OPTIMUM CABLE: This company provides the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I have ever received from any company in the world. To sign you up for service they pick up right away. To make changes or remove service from your account they make you go thru countless prompts only to tell you that you have called the wrong department and that ONLY billing can make changes. DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET SCAMMED BY Optimum. On a side note the departments seem to not have communication with one and other because every time you call no one seems to know what to do and they transfer you to a different department.

Charged 80$ missed service appointment when they showed up 1 hr early and call 2 wrong numbers in advance. Customer support by phone is worse than horrendous but I guess everyone knows that. Don't do it. These people are truly the worst.

Modem had intermittent network issues and called them to fix it. After being put on a couple (read again a COUPLE) of 45 min waits, I was finally connected to a agent. She suggested I have the modem replaced from one of the stores, which are open only from 8:30am-6pm (Mon-Fri). I would have to take a half-day PTO to get the modem replaced so requested a technician to come in a replace the modem. However, this would incur a $80 charge!! Why would I pay for Optimum's issue? Moreover, I can order a modem/router from Amazon for $80. It's almost 2020 and these folks haven't managed to figure out how to run an internet company. No point re-branding to Altice or whatever (old wine in new bottle), fix basic issues such as these! Switching to Verizon FIOS.

Horrible service. They said they would call back and never did. We contacted them 3 times. Very expensive. Often, we can't access our DVR. Sometimes our voice command doesn't work. Sometimes we lose internet. Horrible horrible. Please, Verizon, come to my area.

They were charging me for 2 years for 4 cable boxes when we have 3. It took a year for them to complete their "investigation" and then admit it. Called customer service and get hung up on, they say the same script and rarely allow you to speak directly with a supervisor. They promised a reimbursement of $20 a month for 12 months... Yes they owe more than that also. SO where is the reimbursement? It is their "policy".. I guess when they mess up and the customer gets screwed. SO back on the line with customer service and it is just unbelievable. "I am going to put you on a brief 2 minute hold"... HAHAHAHAHA... click.. Oh I guess I was disconnected. HOW UNUSUAL!!! I Wanted to get this resolved before changing companies. BTW Guess where I have been for 36 minutes and 24 seconds??? ON A BRIEF 2 MINUTE HOLD!!!

I noticed early December to have a $10 late fee then looked back at November and to find a $10 late fee, their BS excuse was they change auto-pay cycle, got nowhere with that hour call so I called two weeks later and they said, "We can give you only one credit per year," and I said, "Miss this is a bogus late fee, for years I had auto-pay and you're charging late fees." Another hour passed. Got nothing done. Called in January hoping at least a grammar school graduate to answer the phone and got the same run around.

We received a letter with "new discounted rates" for the 12 months beginning in January 2019. The letter quotes $54.99 for Optimum Gold, $49.99 for Optimum Online, and $10 for Optimum Voice. Our January bill includes an additional charge of $45 for Optimum Value, a lesser tier that is included in Optimum Gold. After multiple attempts to get this resolved, unfulfilled promises of being called back by a supervisor, and being hung up on twice (not due to verbal abuse by any means. Not one foul word left anyone's mouth) they told me plainly that they would not be honoring the rates in the letter. That's purposely deceiving your customer if I've ever heard it. Been a customer for 25 years, but now we're forced to switch providers, take legal action, or just accept overbilling. This is how Altice/Cablevision treats their customers.

They have no integrity whatsoever. We have been paying customers for multiple years and they do not care about us at all. They made a billing mistake when we moved, charging us several months on our closed account, and refuse to refund us for their mistake. They screwed us over and stole from us, and they'll do it to you too.

This is my first ever review. I felt the need to actual write a review to hopefully help the next person looking for TV and internet services. I cannot stress enough how horrible a company they are from top to bottom. Bad service, worst customer service I have ever witnessed and are liars. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF USING OPTIMUM- DONT!! You will regret it, trust me.

I have had the worst experience with Optimum and have only been with them since November and have had to call about a dozen times with IT and billing issues. Then today I'm in a chat waiting for a response and they just disconnect after an hour. I am cancelling them for sure. I've never had such a terrible experience with a cable company before and most customer service people I've worked with are rude and unhelpful.

They charge you for "hi-speed" you get lag all the time. Then when you call to complain they say everything is working just fine and it must be you. Then they mix you up with others and Bill you for other people's service.

The worst experience. Waiting the whole for the installation. They never showed and they don’t even called. They don’t even have a supervisor. What a waste of time, garbage! Basura!!! Useless! Your time means nothing!!! Garbage!!!

Called Optimum to discontinue service for 2 different installations, and was told this was OK. What they didn't tell me is that the equipment needed to be returned before they would stop the billing. These phone calls were excruciating, as they try to get you to keep their service, and give elusive answers. With one Optimum installation, I luckily returned the equipment before the end of the billing cycle and the billing stopped. But as I said, they didn't give straight answers when I called.

I have a lot of issues to discuss about Optimum, but recently I got new equipment and followed instructions to install it, but it didn’t work. Now I don’t have internet and I’ve been waiting for 1hr 20 mins for their customer service that I was transferred to.

It is very simple. I agreed to switch to Optimum for a certain monthly price. A confirmation email was sent with that price and it clearly stated the price will not change. Since Day 1, I have yet to be charged that price. It has always been more. Three different reps have said that in order for me to get that price I now need to remove service. They do not care what I was quoted nor about the legally binding documentation they sent me. What is worse is you can never get a supervisor to speak to and no one has ever called me back from Optimum even though on 3 different occasions I was promised a callback. In this day and age, it felt like I was in some bizarro world from 1900.

I am so pissed with this garbage of a product that I sent letters to the FTC FAA and Nassau County state attorney. I see this as simply BAIT and Switch. We all saw those great commercials promising cutting edge technology and boy it is NOT. After switching I got Altice and this thing was awful. First the setup box would update 5-7 times a week because they were still working out all the kinks. Secondly my remote would stop working for no reason and there is nothing I could do except wait an hour on the phone to fix it. The INTERNET was much slower than Fios.

I moved on 1/7/2019 and "upgraded" to Altice One. I made my first service call 30 minutes after the installer left. It took remote tech support a full 24 hours to correct THAT issue (mini box not working). Today I had a problem with a mini box's DVD function. After a tech call, a few hours later, I had an issue with the remote on the main box. I couldn't access any of the functions because the remote was entirely disabled. I switched out the Altice equipment from a rarely used TV to my main TV with the nonfunctioning remote. I called Optimum and arranged to have the old equipment installed next week.

Altice One is horrible. Super glitchy, DVR is spotty, the remotes constantly need to be resynced to have any function. It's just not very good. The customer service is horrific. They billed me for an entire month of service despite knowing that their product was faulty. They would not reimburse or stand by their service. Don't waste your time. Go with Fios or something else. It's worth the money.

I had an appointment scheduled for a technician to come in between the hours of 5-8pm and received a confirmation e-mailed the day before. The day the technician is supposed to arrive rolls around and no one ever showed up! I waited for hours before finally giving Optimum a call at 8pm. I really tried giving them the benefit of the doubt. The woman told me my appointment was 2 days from now and that someone had called in at 2:49pm to reschedule my appointment. Mind you - I live alone and no one even knew about this appointment.

Had problems with waning speeds and phone issues till the service just stopped working. Took a number of calls and a bit of wait time to finally get to speak to someone in NC about getting a tech to come. No internet or phone for almost 4 days. Tech came first thing on the fourth day and fixed the connections stating there may be other issues regarding the telephone pole's equipment. This was two months ago, works fine, but nobody else has been here to look further into any issue. Also never received a credit for the outage or the abysmal service. They did charge me an extra fee for being two days late paying my bill.

I have been a customer of Cablevision/Optimum/Altice for many years. I had the Altice One installed because I had issues with the internet and was promised a great WiFi with the new system. Three technicians later, the system was connected and I was looking forward to a great experience. However, this system while providing me with a great WiFi coverage, is not working as well as I was expecting. The DVR is not working most of the time and that affects the quality of the service I was expecting for the price I pay. I called customer service and after a “short” wait of about two hours, I was told that the interruptions in service are due to the fact that I don’t have smart TVs. This is ridiculous because they sell the Altice One by stating that it makes your TV smart. I guess not. She said my option was to go back to the old system, but not get my installation fee back, or buy smart TVs. I am considering the option to move to Verizon.

I switched from Fios to Optimum in mid-2018 in order to reduce my monthly charges, but I'm beginning to think I made the wrong move. They initially were installing traditional cable equipment but the technician arrived with Altice boxes. I have had nothing but trouble with these and would not recommend them to anyone. Internet has been spotty and the wifi extenders are like a different wifi address. So when you move from one end of the house to the other you have to sign off one network and sign into another.

I had my Samsung cable boxes upgraded to the new Altice service. The tech was running late but called multiple times to let me know. They then sent a different tech. He was excellent! Our conversion was not simple as the primary modem was being relocated to the other side of the house. Our TV and wifi was up and running very quickly. We kept the old modem until I could run a telephone line to the new location. (now complete). The one thing I never took into consideration was that by changing to a new WIFI ALL of our smarthouse components and computers, printers, thermostats cameras etc. connected to our WIFI had to be re-educated. This took me a few days.

I've had nothing but headaches with their service. 5 different technicians and 5 different lies. Not to mention the lies customer service tells you just to get you off the phone. I've had nothing but trouble with my internet. Every night no service... It's very frustrating. Again having issues tonight and been on hold now for over 2 hours and still waiting and will not hang up until I get a live person. While holding for them I've done some research and I think I will give Frontier a try. Optimum is very UNPROFESSIONAL and full of wasted time on the phone and long waits for a tech to come check the problem.

I went to pay my bill online as I do every month on time. Not remembering that I had closed an account that was a funding option to pay my bill, I submitted and realized my mistake immediately. I searched for a cancel button but it is not offered. I paid bill again with correct account to be ensure payment made. I chatted with agent and he helped by indicating that it could not be reversed and not to worry about any fees since I had paid. Lo and behold, I got a fee notice for $20 for a return check. Called and could truly care less and would not issue a courtesy refund after 18 years with them and never a fee reversed or late payment. $20! Wow. I felt like a true valued customer Optimum. You did great! The first chance I get I will close my account.

I have been a customer for over thirty years and I am absolutely disgusted with the service I have been dealing with since Saturday of last week. I currently moved to a new home and obviously wanted to keep doing business with Optimum. However it’s been impossible to get a technician to come to my current home to fix my phone and internet service. However I have been without service since Saturday. I was first set up for a 5pm-8pm appointment and no one ever showed up. Never even received a call or message regarding the no-show or rescheduling information.

Optimum internet service was installed at my home. I did the request online and got the service installed but immediately the wifi was almost non-existent. I called Optimum to complain and downgraded my service from $60 something of intermittent wifi to $55. After a week of been aggravated I got other service installed. I called Optimum to disconnect my service and they refused to do so. I spoke with Nisha who refused to disconnect my service, when I asked to be transferred to a supervisor she transferred me to billing. Billing transferred me back to disconnection where I got Vonetta employee number ** who was rude, arrogant and brash! A simple disconnection because the service sucks but I had to endure such awful service from their rep.

I had a contract with Optimum for $69.99/per month, they changed my bills every month, first month they charged me $145. I called them and told them that my confirmation email showing the price is $98, why charged me $145. They told me that that includes taxes and another three days service. After that my bill came to $98, $104, $109, $114. And when I complain that, the bill service supervisor hang up my phone.

I called to get internet for my house and they offered different speeds. The person who took my order said that if I went with the 300 speed that the installation will be waived. So I agreed and paid $64 prior to that installation with the agreement that it would be the first month payment. He also said that if I provided my own router that the total would be $54 per month and also gave me a website to find a router that would work with the speed and the provider. 20 days later I get a bill telling me that I still owe them for the installation.

We just started the service last month and supposedly they upgraded to new technology. Well it never seems to work!!! The internet works one day and off free next 5 until we call and stay on the phone for over an hour!! Or wait for an all day appointment, the guy came out twice to fix the problem but it’s never ending!!! They don’t care about the trouble we’re going through, representatives even managers are rude. Never offer any credits for the absolute disaster they created.

First off, the customer service department is located in another country of course. Representatives are rude and over talk the customer. They don’t give you a confirmation number or proof that they did what they said they would. Please, if you can help it, DO NOT use Cablevision/Optimum. I called on behalf of my elderly mother who tried doing what I just did. They were not patient with her. Bring jobs back to the US.

Called to cancel my service and told me I am going to get billed for the rest of the month even though my service is disconnected. They have no problem pro-rating a bill when I join the service but canceling it the need to bill me for the rest of the month. Representative are rude and unhelpful. I will never use their service ever again. Buyer beware and if you try to cancel it is not cancel anytime with no penalty.

The called me back and gave me the credit.

I have been a FIOS customer, and decided (foolishly) to switch to Optimum to save few bucks. I faced sequence of issues and had to return back to FiOS. Router was very bad and had poor signal at the home. I called customer service, technician came and told me I had to replace all my laptops (4) and phones (4) and iPads (2) because they are all bad. The router is good. I told him to get out. Technician, charged me $100 for his visit. I told him, "I will return back to FIOS." He said, "It does not bother me." I said, "That's your customer care, thanks."

I have been a customer of Optimum since 2000 and I have to tell you the customer service is horrendous to say the least. I received a bill from them saying I owe 427.00 and that no payment has been made since October of last year, I tried calling and was kept on hold for about 45 minutes before someone just hung up the phone. On top of that I cannot talk to anyone about this, recording says my account is overdue and sends me directly to some pay module, BUT NO PERSON!!!! All of this aggravation has caused my credit score to drop two points because of their late account status. This is ridiculous, I will never have a bill for two months without paying!!!! I am seriously considering going to another company right now I do not wish to do business with these unprofessional people ever again... AND THE ONLY REASON I GAVE THEM ONE STAR IS BECAUSE I COULD NOT GIVE THEM A COMPLETE ZERO!!!!

Only been back with Optimum. Well technically Altice for a short time now and it's been a disaster! The set top boxes are famous for going into standby mode and shutting themselves off. But wait that's not the worst of it. Now in the middle of watching TV the screen goes white and states, “Please wait while we set up your services” and the box goes off and will not turn on for nothing until you unplug/disconnect power then reconnect/plug back in and reboot the box! Or the box flat out goes off and won't turn back on.

I’m disgusted with Optimum. Horrible customer service and the managers are even worse. Extremely rude, and have no compassion for errors that the company had made. If I could give negative stars I definitely would. I have been on hold for over 2 hours. I just got the service yesterday when I was supposed to get it on Monday! I work from home and the internet is not working. The soonest appointment a tech can come is on Saturday! The manager said for my troubles I can be credited $5.00 for this month's bill... Are you kidding me?!

I tried to cancel my service with these people 3 times over the phone, they said they would, but still kept canceling my cancellation request!! I had an outstanding bill, paid it, and they told me that if I paid it they would finally cancel and I would owe nothing. I paid the bill, and then they undid the cancellation request AGAIN. I spent an hour on the phone being transferred to 5 different departments, they said they would finally actually cancel it and that they would investigate why I was still being charged $90. Not only did they NEVER call me back and investigate it, they charged me ANOTHER $20 DOLLARS on the bill with no explanation as to what it's for! I'm so sick of dealing with them I am considering paying the whole thing and just doing EVERYTHING I can to never use optimum again. I'm going to use Fios or just anything else. Worst company on earth. I hope they crumble and burn.

I called to cancel my internet service with Optimum. We had been with them for 28 yrs. My bill was $85.00 just for Internet. Each time a bill came it was higher and higher. Fios Finally came into our area, so I took it for $51.00. Called Optimum to cancel my service after Fios was installed. Spoke to a man Stephen (ID # **) asked to cancel my service. He proceeds to ask why, I tell him I got it cheaper. He asked how much, I told him. He then says I can give it to you for $49.95. I said no thank you, I already had it installed, please cancel mine.

I always thought all cable companies were the same, but I was wrong. We had Optimum in 2 of our homes over the last 25 years and in Manhattan prior to that. The window for a service appointment was way too long and sometimes they wouldn’t show it all. Sometimes the original guy doing the service wouldn’t have the proper equipment on the truck so someone else had to come back. Sometimes the equipment wouldn’t work and you have to be on the phone with tech support for an hour and a half pressing different buttons behind your TV.

I called for technical help regarding the HBO GO app. and a message I was receiving stating my carrier could not verify my log in. In short, it took one hour for my problem to be resolved. The staff is not trained and they are rude. There was so much noise in the background when I was transferred to a "level 2" tech and he kept telling me I was breaking up. I was on a landline. They don't listen to what you say. He did not understand what my problem was and he was making me go through all kinds of unnecessary steps (i.e. serial number on my box - not even relevant to my problem) until he disconnected me. I had to call back (after telling my issues twice and each time my husband took the phone he had to verify his identity again). When I called back, I once again explained my problem. The person on the phone was about to go through the same steps again.

No prorating when disconnect - Note that if you stop your service they still bill you up to the next billing period which clearly a scam. I hope a lawyer can bring a class action lawsuits against them. I'm paying $80 a month for a measly 60mpbs.

Go to any company but Optimum. I have been a customer for 13 years and never had problems. I just moved and transferred service and have had nothing but problems. The customer service is horrible, employees are clearly unskilled, undertrained and just plain rude. The next opportunity to move service, I will never sign up with Optimum again.

I paid my bill online as I've been doing for the past 2 years yesterday. As everyone may know they give you the option to push whether you want the whole amount paid or just the past due. I proceed to hit the past due amount. When they sent the receipt it was for the full amount (which I knew I could not afford at this moment). I called as soon as I seen the receipt and was told they would request a refund for the difference and gave me a referral number. I called this morning to check on the status and was told no refund will be given because I owe that money to them (which I'm not Arguing). My point is I AUTHORIZED one amount and they took double!!! Is that not stealing? Even my bank is confused as to how their customer service can be so poor. Will definitely will be looking for a different cable provider!

This is my second year with Optimum triple service. I purchased additional speed of 300 to insure adequately service. Even though it worked fairly well to begin with, I started to realize something was not right. Then my internet service went out. When I called they told said my Netgear router was the issue. So I goes to store and get their router. While it restore service it was still slow. On Thanksgiving Day I lost all phone and internet wifi service. After several visits by technicians, one of them was confronted by several neighbors. He admitted it was a problem outside the homes and he would request an engineer. Also, there is a leakage in the line and we are not getting full service. That's when I realized why my computer and electronics would freeze up sometime. Also phone calls was going straight to voicemail. I have been paying for 300 service for over a year and not getting the basic service. Verizon Fios is looking better. Very disappointed.

It works for two days, then you wait a week for repairs. They come out to fix problem. The tech is ready to leave in 3 minutes, he leaves when internet comes on but then the speeds are so low nothing works, I been fighting with them over a year to fix it. Still nothing works for more than 10 minutes, their product is garbage! But hey living in mafia Jersey you don't get a choice on another provider, Optimum is the only one allowed in my area.

Too much for too little & they own everything and the rights around here on Long Island Suffolk County, NY. They charge us 209.00 a month for a very few extras. Yes channel, phone and internet. They have the same movies over and over again too...

Firstly, I moved into a new home and after about 4 months, I finally got Altice installed. It’s only been two billing cycles and all of a sudden I get charged $62 for an ultimate fighting champion pay per view. No one in my family watches pay per view and especially not a fighting show since we have a 6 year old. I tried to dispute saying that we did not watch it but Optimum continues to say that since someone had ordered from our cable box, they cannot return the money. I takes to multiple Customer service personnel including a supervisor where I would be willing to pay if I watched the show.

Received a free promotion to upgrade speed from 100 to 200. I was told to call within a month to switch back, and I would not be charged. I called as directed, and was surprised to see a $10 charge on my next bill. So far I have called five times to resolve the issue with no success. Since it has taken so long to resolve, the charges has gone up from $10 to $20. After five calls and a lot of frustration I am waiting for a supervisor to call me back in 1 or 2 business days. Wish me luck, and don't do Optimum free upgrades.

On many occasion, it seems like the internet just stopped working and I get disconnected. Not to mention I use a Roku box and don’t subscribe to any of Optimum’s channels. Premium or otherwise. I’m charged close to $77 only for having the connection. No tv, no phone. It’s a ripoff.

Internet service was spotty, called to rectify issue, they came out and looked at it and said installer wired it incorrectly and rewired and apologized. Lasted a week and I called again and they came out again, changed box and router, lasted 2 weeks and happened again, they came out changed boxes again and said they were outdated. Issue was still there and was escalated to where they came out and repaired wire from street but it was still happening. But I gave up and I'm living with it. Never gave me a break on my bill even when I asked. It's still an issue.

The movie channels are repetitive and not current. Forced to pay for channels that we don't want. Internet is slow, even with upgraded speed. Too many Spanish speaking stations we do not want or need. There are constant delays on certain movie channels when switching channels. That is annoying.

The service is too expensive - how is it possible that the cost is the same as my electric bill? The movie channels play the same movie on all the channels but the times are different. The only reason to keep this service is to get channel 12 news - the local news and weather for this area.

This company is a ripoff. They charge you $80 or more to fix their own wires inside and outside the house. If there is a issue with the service you either fix it yourself or conform to them charging you an addition $6 per month to fix whatever issue relating to their equipment or wires.

I am pleased with optimum. CS is great. But price is too high. And too many shopping channels and Spanish channels that I just don't use. More sports! What a waste.

Robbery for good customers. I hate them. They should stop the robbery and start helping more people. They don't care if you have service but you just have to pay them. All they care is about the pay. You can stay a whole day without cable and they apologize but if you pay 2 days later they charge immediately a fee.

I’ve been without cable for the past week because my neighbor called to disconnect THEIR cable but instead mine was the one that got disconnected! How is it this possible? Does Optimum not verify the customer to make sure that’s the one doing the calling? Well I quickly called them and they told me it will get fixed within an hr, after 2 hrs I called back because it wasn’t fixed and then they told me I had to wait for the next day to speak to someone. I called back the next day and they gave me the same story “I’ll reset the box give it an hour” after 3 hours nothing!

Optimum was our cable company in PA. I believe our town is the only one in PA with Optimum cable service. We relocated and returned ALL of our equipment to the local store. We did this in the middle of the month. We are being billed for the entire month of service even though we relinquished ALL equipment in the middle of the month. Doesn’t seem right that we should be expected to pay for many days that we did not have service. If you have a phone turned off or have your electricity discontinued, you only pay for the days for which you had service.

This company is a scam. Charging me for phone and TV and WiFi and I only have a WiFi box. Complete SCAM! Don’t give these people your money. They're a waste of your time and hard earned money. Be careful cause a lot of people have been through what I have. Just a lot of stress. Just DON'T go with Optimum.

Requested to increase internet speed on 11/06/18. On December bill noticed a $6.99 Service Protection Plan that was added without authorization. Called to have Service Protection Plan removed and credited. Optimum reps (spoke to multiple after being transferred 3 times) advised they were not able to credit or remove Service Protection Plan without a termination fee. TERMINATION FEE FOR A SERVICE NOT REQUESTED? Needless to say after 18 years of being a Cablevision/Optimum Customer I have moved on to another vendor.

Have had a problem with Optimum since it was installed; one cable box was not working. A tech came to my home to fix it and said, “I have no idea how to fix this, I do not even know what the problem is.” I was a law enforcement officer at the time and the tech was clearly high so I told him to leave my house don’t fix anything and take the cable box with him. I just won’t have a cable box in this room.

CableVision is the most unprofessional cable TV company there is. I had an issue that required in home repair. I called on a Thursday and was given an appointment for the upcoming Saturday. I waited all day and the technician never showed up. I called numerous times and customer service said he was stuck at someone else's house and a field technician customer service rep told me that the technician was at my house and I wasn't home. The technician was calling a telephone number that was out of service because customer service failed to ask me if my telephone number has changed even though I giving them the current number which I requested to be updated in the system.

Worst experience ever for being a new customer, I had appointment set up Tuesday 2-5 pm for installation, no one showed, I called them at 5 pm, rep couldn’t find tech. I rescheduled for Saturday 2-5 pm, this old man came, named James, sloppy dressed at 3 pm, he came in to see where I was putting the modem then he goes outside, comes back in and says he can’t do the job because it’s a two man job, omg. I explained this is my second appointment. He calls dispatch in my living room, they couldn’t send a second person out, I had to reschedule for a 3rd time, which was today Sunday from 2-5, no one showed up once again.

I had appointment to add a cable box in another room. The technician came, and stated he has no tools to do the job, was Friday. He give me appointment on Monday between 11-2 pm. Next day the service dept. Calling me to reschedule the appointment. I tried to explained to them we work and we need to have them to keep the appointment, as the tech. Made it. They were careless and not willing to listen, refused to keep the appointment and claim we are short staff. I believe they have no compassion in this area and has customer service who don't care about customer. Very non professional. I will change the company and hope to get better one.

I had Optimum while up in Long Island, I was satisfied with the internet when I had it, but they have hands down the worst billing department I’ve ever experienced. When I disconnected my service I was billed for an additional month to which I was not in New York. I called 4 times to get this mistake resolved, every time I was on the phone for over 30 minutes speaking to a rep that couldn’t do anything for me. They all said that they would have a manager call me within 48hrs to which no one ever did.

Worse company ever. Ever since switching to Altice 1, every week one of my boxes isn't working. Service technician never showed up, then lied and said I wasn't home. I was charged an $80 no show fee, and I disputed it. A supervisor named **, ID ** took a week to escalate it and confirm that the tech never came. They haven't removed my charges, it has been a month, and he won't return my messages nor did he put a note on my account. I called to disconnect my services and they begged me to stay and offered me deals. I agreed to a deal which later turned out to be misquoted by their representative! I'm done with them, so much time and aggravation. Don't go there...

I have been with Optimum for years, many years and was grandfathered in on the at time high speed of 75, also with being grandfathered in I didn't pay for modem and also didn't pay for service calls or late fees. The past three months they started charging for things without notice. I received my bill and there was a $5 charge for the modem that I've had over 10 years, and when I called they tried to convince me that there has always been a charge, after they removed the fee as they couldn't explain why I was charged they put me on hold and a manager came on to tell me that now everyone will be charged that fee.

So I only have Internet through Optimum. First I was paying $85.00 then my bill went up to $95.84 and NOW my bill is $115.84. When I read the fine print it now says that those who have Optimum TV have 15 days to pay or there will be a $10.00 charge. But all non TV subscribers will have two days after the due date to pay. Now my bill is due on the 22nd but I'm not able to pay until the 1st. But also keep in mind that they sent me an email saying to get TV, Phone, and Internet for $99.99. I can't wait to switch to Fios. I don't know what to do!!!!

This company is a complete disappointment and such a scam. I have been an Optimum customer for many years. I've currently been locked into their services because of the location of my apartment, the only other option I have is satellite TV. Beware of Optimum's promotional services, READ THE FINE PRINT before you lock into it. What they don't tell you over the phone is the fees you'll be paying towards the end of the promotion. Apparently towards the promotions, MONTHS before they're supposed to end, the bill goes back up... which defeats the purpose of the promotion which they generally have running for 12 months.

I given a extension and told to pay one amount. On the day which the bill was suppose to be paid. The service was disconnected and new charges was added to the account. This company is unfair to customers. If your services is disconnected you're paying 10 dollars for each equipment and additional 25.00 on top of the equipment. This is totally a rip off to customers.

I've been an Optimum customer for years and yes I do pay way too much, but I am in an apartment and limited to their service. This weekend all service (phone, cable and internet) went down. When I called the first appointment available was Wednesday and it was Saturday?!! Finally I got them to agree to come Monday with the hours of 10-8. I had to wait. YUP that's all day. So I wait and NOBODY showed up! I called Optimum again and again to resolve this. It was torture. You go through the automated service for 15 minutes EVERY call and when do you get a ** agent on the phone, they disconnect you, act like this is the first time you are calling, etc. They truly are the worst. 5 days to get service restored? Then they don't even show up to fix the issue. Get Fios or anything else but NOT Optimum. THEY ARE AWFUL!!!

Worst experience l ever had. Stay away from this company from the cable, internet and voice service to the customer service. They are they don't care about you. They just make it up as they go. Over 200 dollars a month and nothing but aggravation.

Somehow from the Triple Play that was supposed to be $79 we end up paying $155. Wanted to downgrades, talked to four different representative and they would not do it trying to keep me with the same package and give me a discount $5 a month. I hate to call 4 days and in order to get a live person on the phone I had to talk to the automated system for like 5 minutes and then I was told the too busy someone would call me within a half an hour to 50 minutes. Never got a call. Finally got a lady on the phone who downgrade my service to basic and told me I can keep the 200 megabytes downloads.

Total scum company. Overpriced, lousy service. They also double bill for the same service. If you refuse to pay the overcharges, they sic collection agencies on you. If you refuse to pay the collection agency, they sic another one on you, and another, and another.

Long story short sold my house and moved to a new one. We were told by Optimum to bring the cable boxes from the old house and turn them into the tech that comes to handle the new hook up. We did exactly that. Now 2 months later Optimum puts a bogus $180 charge on my account stating the equipment was never returned. The equipment was handed over to the tech in a nice neatly packed box that he placed in his truck... the same tech that left his "testing backpack and television" at our home for 2 weeks before coming back to get it.

I was in the store earlier and saw an Optimum truck so I went outside to ask a question. Before I could say anything I was told in English that the service attendant didn't speak English. All I wanted to know was how much another cord would cost. He didn't know if I spoke Spanish or English. Didn't ask. Just assumed.

I made appointment to do upgrade for Altice and the rep that was handling set this up for me. The next day the rep rescheduled the appt I made because they were overbooked and he did not realize. He reschedules it to a date that I cannot do it. I told him I will call him back to reschedule and that it was no good. I had gotten very busy to reschedule and they end up disconnecting my service on that scheduled appointment that I could not make. When I call and inquire about this they basically tell me that it was turned off because I am a deadbeat and did not pay the bill. I have never not paid this bill nor was I ever late. They have a complete attitude telling me this over and over.

The Altice service rarely worked. Every week got the errors: "There's an issue at this time. Please try again later" or "There's an issue with this request. Please try again later". Every phone call to Optimum was at least an hour. One Altice representative told me that they know it doesn't work and that they are working to replace it with something else. He offered a credit, but then never provided it on my bill. The representative when I called back was extremely rude, refused to hear about subsequent issues, and refused to see my evidence/screenshots of continued error messages. If I could give 0 stars I would. Worst experience ever.

Same problem daily. Have to restart (disconnect/reconnect) the cable box 1-3 times a day. Never got any help since installation. They came to fix the problem 9 months ago, reset the box - "we don't see any problem" and charge me $80 for that visit. Try to call them frequently and giving up after 20 min as I enter an endless loop. SHAME on them.

When I initially took on Optimum in September 2015, I was satisfied with the service. However, as a year or two went on Optimum prices went from $95 to $230. Which to me was much too high of a price to watch TV. When I called to inform a Customer Services Representative of my concerns, they assured me they would lower the price by taking away a few channels. When they asked me what was some of the channels I frequently watched, I told them, thinking those would be the channels they wouldn’t touch only to learn the next day they eliminated 132 channels from my package, I was appalled.

We live in Suffolk County, NY. We have been dealing with Cablevision, Optimum, Altice for 23 years now. Enough is Enough! They are a monopoly and should be arrested for robbing every one of their customers! We pay $242.00 a month and have no "frills". This morning I got up at 5:45 am and tried to get on my email (about 6 times). A page came up saying "sorry site under construction". This page offered a Q&A section, which did not allow you to click on it! Called & spoke to agent regarding my email, was told without warning they cut me off and I will be able to access MY email after 8 AM today. They are doing maintenance. How dare Altice/Optimum or whatever they call themselves now, decide when they can cut me off from my email without any notice!

Out of cable, appointment given for 5 days later. Are you kidding? Then go to office, walk in, given an earlier appointment for Saturday 3 days later but knowing it's an all day open appointment. From 10am to 8PM. Wait until 4 pm receiving a call that they can't make it. Really So sat all day to no avail. What happen to the customer comes first. Worst company ever. If I didn't have to stay with them I would cancel in a minute. Monopoly. Was told a supervisor will call back in an hour. Yea right?!!

I have had Optimum cable for many years. I've never been happy with the service, but that is the only provider in my apartment building. I upgraded to Altice One, hoping it would be better. It is much much worse! DO NOT USE it if you don't have to. The hardware (box and remote) should never have passed beta testing. I feel like we poor suckers are the beta testers. It loses connection weekly, the box has to be reset all the time. The response time is slow moving from menu to menu and every few days the DVR doesn't play back at all. It can take me 5 minutes just to start a recording WHEN it does work. This equipment never should have been released. But as Optimum goes - they think of their customers last. We paid huge bills and when we don't get service, we still pay!! Can't wait until Verizon overtakes them. Fios is 100 times better. Can't wait to see Optimum file for bankruptcy.

I had the Optimum service for many years at my parents home and was happy. My dad was blind and mom had developed Alzheimer's therefore I didn't need the same services. When I tried to cut services (as well as costs) I was met with resistance as the employees, I'm sure, are trained to do. I was able to knock costs down but was still stuck with unnecessary components and costs. I decided to try a different service using DSL. I went by the book and physically brought all of my equipment down to the Wappingers offices, turned them in, signed and received signed documents stating that I had returned my equipment in the allotted time in order to avoid extra charges, fees or penalties. Satisfied, I went on my way and went ahead and ordered the DSL from the other company.

Optimum's business model is based on luring you in initially and then once you're locked in contract is over nickel and diming you for the rest of the time. You are with them increasing your rates every few months. They make it incredibly difficult to speak to someone that can assist you to adjust those rates and the only employees that really have power to assist are those in their 'cancellation department' but you have to speak to a number of useless telephone reps that have no power and work from an outline and when you ask them for a supervisor only go back to reviewing your notes and quoting that they have 'procedures' before they can get you to a supervisor.

Up until one month ago I had Optimum internet service. I was using Google / TV and paying 40.00 per month for Google and 85.00 for Optimum internet. I was very happy with Google, selection of channels. However my wife wanted more than that and asked me to have this Altice (p.o.s.) installed. Since the first day this thing never worked right. The internet connection is sold to me as 200 MB’ and yet I’m lucky if I get 50. I’ve spend literally hours on the phone with several different representatives all promising to get this right.

Everything this company offers is a lie, 0% of the time do I get promised download/upload rate, they added "Optimum 200" add-on service without stating it and promise speeds of 200 mb/s down. Never once has this rate been achieved, never above low 50's mb/s which is half of the promised rate for there baseline cable service. This is with their modem equipment. Their modem failed and it took two weeks to get a service tech, made an appointment, tech no showed and tried to blame us and charge $75 fee for missing appointment, re-booked tech waived it because they left no notes existed of showing up to the original appointment (because it didn't happen). They add modem rental fee after teaser rate ends, fake add-on services "Optimum 200", don't bother with any speed add-ons because they are fake. They are a criminal monopoly. If there was any alternate service available for internet I would never give them business again.

I moved out of my apartment two months ago, leaving behind the modem and router for my roommates. We transferred all our other services – gas, electric, etc – easily and instantly over the phone. Not with Optimum. With Optimum, you have to mail in a physical transfer form that both parties have to fill out. It's 3 pages long and includes your social security number. Hope you trust your roommates! (Don't worry - if going to the post office to transfer internet services sounds absurd and outdated, you can also fax it!) So, I filled it out on my end, I sent it to my roommates, they mailed it. Awesome. I'm free. I'm done.

On August 31st I called Optimum to disconnect my service. I called 3 times that day. The customer service representative told me, "I am not authorized to disconnect your service. You have to call tomorrow," which it was September 1st. Now they charging me for the whole month of September. That was simple. Took Optimum to court and won. That how you deal with a company like Optimum. Now I got Verizon Fios. So far so good. You pay a little extra. But it’s worth it. Extra mean $10.00 to 15.00. Great deal. Plus I got $200 in extra gifts plus $100 debit card.

I have been Optimum customer for about 10 years. I have received only Internet service all time. Last 2 years they put Basic TV and charging me 24.95 extra a month plus internet, it went up and down every 12 month plan / promotion. I've called to remove basic tv, don't want to pay extra $25 which I don't use. They always told me it comes with Internet, in order to use our Internet service, you have to have your basic tv service. Now I filled out an Optimum customer service survey, they called me and removed my basic tv service, I asked how it is possible, which I've been tried for two years without success. Then I asked my money back which I've paid for nothing. After 30 minutes arguing with multiple personnel finally told me unfortunately they can't give my money back. They flat out robbed my money. Please be careful with this company. Don't waste your hard earn money.

I called Optimum to upgrade my internet speed, which was at their basic 100 mps. They offer download speed of up to 400 mps, but the best that's available for upload speed is 35 mps. This is terrible when compared with the 880 mps that Verizon Fios offers. Optimum really needs to up their game, and I plan to switch as soon as Fios is available in my neighborhood.

I am moving and need to cancel my service on Oct 31 2018 and they told me I have to pay all the way through to end of my billing cycle which ends on Nov.14 2018. Therefore forcing me to pay for service I am not using for two whole weeks! I told them I am moving Oct 31 and she puts in for Nov, 14th anyway! This is not fair and they always make it so hard to disconnect!!!

I’ve been Optimum customer for over 20 years. For many years their service was fine. Since Altice Took over I am disgusted. I’ve made over a dozen phone calls Regarding various issues. Including a misapplied payment, outages every couple of days, constantly having to reset boxes or have no television at all. I was forced to take off work to go to their main base in Hauppauge NY. They demanded I pay them a balance of over $300 when in fact none of my televisions have worked right since August 1 of 2018. They charge me $79 to install Altice boxes that they are well aware of don’t work. This company is despicable and there should be a protest from the public.

OPTIMUM IS A SCAM! All they ever do is play with your service even if your connection strength is strong and usage is minimal! I cut my service off for this reason and they ended up calling me back after about 2 or 3 weeks offering me a deal that is NOT offered to the public. As I was fed up with them but this was a very strong attempt of customer service I accepted their offer which was 200mbps for $40 a month, including the $10 discount for having my own modem. Guess what - when the technician came to set it up he told me with the new higher speed my modem wasn't good enough so I had to buy another one from Optimum's ARRIS website! I went ahead and did that.

I had a problem with my internet cutting in and out, so I had a technician come and fix the problem. When he arrived the cable was working and he claimed it was loose fitting causing the problem. Well that did not fix anything. I found out my whole block was having the same problem. After several calls they finally found the problem with their underground wiring. (3 weeks to fix) I got a bill for 80.00 claiming the tech who originally came out fixed the problem and it was inside the house. I have been arguing with them for months now and refuse to pay when the problem was not fixed. They have been rude and every time I call the manager is busy and says they will call back which they never do. This company is garbage unfortunately. I live in Brookhaven and can't drop them or I would.

So Optimum internet service provider customer service are the worst people, they lie to you about the package just for you to make payment and they start saying different stories in a very rude manners like you are getting their services free of charge. If there is zero star that's what they deserve.

I couldn’t be happier with Optimum. The service is always reliable and if I have a problem there’s always great customer service. I couldn’t imagine overpaying with any other cable company. I’ve been a loyal customer since 2011 and will continue to support them.

I decided to take my time and review all good business. I notice people review business only when they have a problem with that business. Most people that have good experience forget to review how good some business are. I been a customer with OPTIMUM since 1998 and they never failed me. I did switch one time. The reason was my bill went to high. I understood that most cable companies bills go high after some years due to giving other competitors space to do business. Any time I had a problem OPTIMUM helped me, TV, internet or phone. What I learned is buy protection plans from these cable companies solves a lot of problems. Such as no charges for tech showing up to your home and other benefits which I don't remember exactly. This is a 5-star business and they deserve it.

So, after VERIZON increases my bill $50/month and makes no attempt to appease me, I decide to remember why I hated OPTIMUM in the first place and schedule them for install. So, I tried to call them this morning on the WEB 866 number then the SALES number and - I GO INTO AN ENDLESS LOOP OF PROMPTS WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF SIMPLY TALKING TO SOMEONE. 20 minutes later, I find the RETENTION# I ordered the NEW SERVICE from and lashed out to them but they are just as ALOOF. I AM SURE I NOW KNOW WHY I CANCELLED THIS JOKE OF A COMPANY YEARS AGO.

I have been an Optimum client for many years. Before they were bought by Altice, they had good customer service and good rates. When I called support for any one of their services - internet, phone or voice - I could speak to a real person in the USA. Now, I have to jump through hoops for to get any real person on the phone. In August, 2017, a tree took down my entire cable line on a Friday evening. They refused to send anyone until Sunday afternoon. I had zero connectivity at that point. If they are offering you some low, triple-play rate, don't buy it. Your price will be $220 per month when the special pricing expires. Oh, and don't count on your phone to always be available. This past week, my phone kept cutting me off in the middle of a conversation.

Internet not working. Sent out a "technician" 3 times... can't fix it and they keep trying to charge me. There are a lot of providers around... These idiots are the worst. I would rather have Goofy come out to try and fix it than keep on with Optimum.

I have been an Optimum customer for a little over a year now. Two months ago I received a note from Netflix saying that my subscription was going to end. I called Optimum only to be given the run around from one customer service person to another. Then a supervisor was supposed to call me back and that never happened. After 3 days of phone calls finally a supervisor told me that I should have read the fine print that it was 12 months or 90 dollars whichever comes first. I explained that was false advertising and was told that it’s company policy and there was nothing they could do.

The Optimum Cable/ Cablevision offers a new Altice One box which transmit 4k to ULTRA HD TVs and has an internet router internally connected. The new system does not provide the option to extended the internet thru your house like some router do with their extension devices. I mean if you have a bigger house and only has one tv box, your internet it won't go further than the room where your box is actually connected, also the telephone is connected to the box near your TV, so if I don't have a tv on your office, you will not be able to have your telephone there either. Also they told me they cannot turn off the router part of the tv box, so I could not keep my current modem connected with my own router, which btw is a EERO router (which transmits the same internet speed to every device without the losing speed as the new Altice One box offers).

We received a letter from Optimum stating that our current promotion is about to end and they are pleased to offer a new discounted rate for the next 12 months. The letter went on to detail the prices for the three services (TV, Online and Voice). When the next bill came, the prices were actually higher than stated. We called two times and got nowhere. Each time, we asked to speak to a manager and were told no managers were available and that a manager would call us back within 24 hours. But no one ever called us back. How can they offer us a price in writing and then not honor it? That has to be illegal, no? Customer service is clueless and the fact that they promised us a call back twice and never followed through tells you what kind of company you are dealing with.

I select to pay online either the day the payment is due or prior to the due date. Optimum states they will process on the day selected. Yet they continually delay the payment, wait until the day after due date and add on their $10 late fee. How many ways can Optimum find to SCREW the customer?? Not to mention their ONE MONTH in advance billing cycle, which makes things even MORE confusing (on purpose). We purchased our own modem, but they sure found a way to grab that extra dinero. If it wasn't for these scumbags being a monopoly, we would drop them like a hot potato.

I been a continuous customer of Optimum for over 10 Years. I have not had serious problems until 5 months ago and always pay my bills. I have had serious problems with an intermittent internet for the last 5 months. Initially it involved TV, phone and Internet but TV and phone (phone drops out at times) have been resolved. However Internet is still intermittent ie., ranges from 25 to 200+ mbps.

My father lives on social security and they have him paying $190 a month and they want to raise it another $50. He wants to switch but he's afraid to call the cancellation line because he thinks he will lose his phone number, he doesn't understand how these crooked corporations work. He tried switching once and he got satellite and hated it. Now he's thinking of switching to Verizon. I don't even know if they have high speed lines in his neighborhood. I live 1400 miles away so I can't do much, but it's awful how they try to grind every last penny out of old people like they are preachers.

Leaving this dump of a cable company! Customer service associates are nothing but clueless, idiotic jokes! Leave you on hold forever because they do not know anything! A lot of problems with outages EVERY DAY!!! Service is deplorable! If you do not want headaches and aggravation, stay with your old company. Optimum will only make you sick!!!

Finally, Optimum now has the Tennis Channel. 1 star to 4 stars!! No ESPN classic yet. Maybe they will add that back soon. No biggy. They added the SEC channel and The Tennis Channel. Awesome. Can't delete my negative review about no tennis channel, so here's my update.

This was my worst experience I ever had with this company Optimum. I needed internet they had a great deal but what is that for if they can’t provide the service to take my hard earned money. They were quick but they never accomplished the job on the date they said they were going to arrive. I missed a day out of work and they never showed up so now they don't care of giving the customer service they said they were going to provide. Then they call that no one was home. I said, “Crazy I’m here” then they called dispatch technician was at incorrect address. So annoyed at this point.

My mother had Optimum internet for as long as I can remember, a loyal customer. She recently passed away and I wanted to then take out cable in my name in order to continue having internet. Optimum would NOT let me take out MY OWN account until my mother's balance was paid. My mom had been dead for 3 months and had a small balance. Debt such as loans, die with you, and all other medical debts are taken up with the estate, so why should a CABLE company punish me directly for having the "same last name" as my mother? These policies need to be re-evaluated because instead of "offering condolences" I was offered "the door" because I could not and did not want to pay my dead mother's balance. It's enough I had to pay so much to bury her, now I have to pay for internet I NEVER used? Heartless.

I received an offer in the mail offering me 2 years for $79.95, a free year of Netflix and a few other goodies. I have been a customer for over 25 years and they would not honor this offer to me because it is for new customers only. They refused to honor the offer, then why did you mail it to me. Customer service and a customer service supervisor were of no help and told me I probably got a discounted deal when I started. Netflix wasn’t even a thought when we started. I think it’s lousy they don’t take care of their longtime customers!

I was schedule to have my service switched over to Altice One. No one showed-up on my regular schedule date & time 2-5 pm. At 5:40 PM the technician called me and told me that they will not be coming because it's past their work day. After speaking to a supervisor (or maybe not) I had no choice to reschedule and take another day off from work. At my reschedule date a contractor from Connect One showed up to my house and told me they are from Optimum. Long story short... The Connect One technician didn't start the job because I needed to run cables and purchase other items in order for him to complete the job.

Please heed my review...if I can save someone from switching to this god awful company then I have done my job. The Altice is NOT what they make it out to be. Our service was awful - pixelations, dropped wifi in the house constantly, the cloud is a joke. Finally when we had enough we scheduled an install date for Verizon. The install went well and we disconnected Optimum. (This was on a Friday) I called Monday to cancel service and they said I was past my billing date by 2 days and had to pay for the next month while not using their service.

Two months ago I discovered a charge of 24.98 on my bill for basic TV. I only use the Optimum Internet service. The agreement was 59.00 a month for internet plus fees. When I called the extra charge to Optimum attention I was given a 54.15 deal a month for the next two years and an apology. They shamelessly LIE. A month later my bill is 78.80. Optimum is telling me that my old promotion was over. Optimum failed to recognize they had given me a new promotion. However, is reflected on my account online activity and payment history.

FIRST OF ALL to all readers: FILE WITH REGULATORS if you have a complaint with Optimum. File with FCC and with NY DPS or NJ DPU, and all other regulators that might help. I ordered internet service from Optimum, installed on September 2, 2018. I purchased a used modem from internet before the installation date and the Optimum field technician installed it since the first day of service. Now Optimum bills me for the monthly modem rental charge even though I did not rent their modem. So I called them September 6, 2018 and had to spend a lot of time to navigate through their IVR and wait for some real human to pick up the call. They flatly said the modem is theirs and might be obtained improperly, and asked for serial number. Because I was not at home with the modem so I could not provide such.

Optimum snuck in an $80 charge for a missed appointment that I never scheduled or agreed to. My boyfriend was at the apartment on the day of the "appointment", fully awake and they never even rang the doorbell. I tried to call Optimum about this when I came back from work and saw this outrageous bill, which is more than 3X my normal bill, but all of their agents were gone for the day. Instead I got to listen to a 5-minute commercial urging me to purchase the latest UFC fight on Pay Per View.

We had a phone issue and I called support. After a quick few minutes he said an onsite tech was needed and we will be charged. Of course we needed it fixed so we scheduled an appt. The onsite tech arrived the following week, spent a minute checking the modem and said everything was good on his end and that he does not work on the phones. Told me to call a phone company to fix the issue, but did not give me a number and said to look it up on the internet. Apparently it was a phone line issue that he did not want to do. Why send a tech if they cannot do the job. So no more than 5 mins looking into the issue, he asked me to sign the SA which I refused. I get a bill for $80. I called in for a billing dispute and was told nothing can be done to remove service charge as I signed the SA. My signature was forged. They need to be held accountable for this!

Ever since I switched to Altice service, it has been the worst experience of my life! Paying so much money for a product that never works! My DVR freezes, my remote always loses connection. It’s the worst. I hope for the Verizon FIOS can come into my neighborhood SOON!

I just tried to sign up for Optimum. Was told my bill would be 124 for a month including everything I wanted my DVR my channels and my Internet for two years. He asked for my social and started the process then disclosed to me that he made a mistake and lied to me that I only get six months free of DVR after that my bill would be $17 more month. Then I asked for a supervisor. At this point he then told me that it was gonna be $12 more for taxes after we agreed on the price and a addition 2 dollar fee for not using Altise boxes and getting Samsung boxes instead.

I moved recently, and had difficulty rescheduling an appointment to re-install at my new location, based on PSEG not having power turned on. So I called to reschedule the appointment, and that's when the nightmare began! That entire week they had no available times to re-install. Not till 10 days after, the day after Labor Day. When I and everyone else was back to work. They subsequently couldn't find an available time again the rest of 2018! For an existing customer in good standing for the past 4 years. Finally after my wife called a couple of more times, they found one a week later. Ok. The night before our move we got a call confirming the install, but we had already rescheduled it for the following week. Thankfully they took note when we called back. But the following is the real insult to this review, which I never do!

The worst company in the world!!! Please DO NOT make my mistake. I switch from Verizon think I will save some money. I wish I was reading the review before I do the switch. This is by far the worst of the worst company in the entire world. Their customer service is a disaster. You going to wait over a one hour online. They're going to move you from representative - representative. The Internet is slow. I have them for a few weeks. It is ** sucks. I wish they will GO OUT OF business.

I called on Aug 23rd, when I experience TV freezing, intermittent internet and no ring on phone. I rebooted all equipment before calling support. 45 mins of wait, then connecting tech support after another 30 mins. Then making a tech support appointment. Then, making you agree to charge $80 for visit to your home. Long story, I called everyday to tech support for 14 days as issues continued but symptoms varied. Four times, support reported "problem is reported in your area, and will notify once it is restored". No one ever called back. Made appointment three times, once appointment disappeared.

My parents ordered Altice last week. The tech showed up three hours late to do the install. Then attached the phone and told my parents he would be right back. He got in the truck drove away and never called or returned. I called customer service to complain about this very unprofessional tech, they said "I don't know what to tell you. Make another appointment." Going to cancel the order and stick with Fios. Worst company ever.

The extended internet is not extended. It makes you switch networks. Have to reboot every day. DVR freezes and is unwatchable. Had it for a month. Must have called 10 times because of issues. TERRIBLE. Don't get this.

I ordered 300 mbps download speed with Optimum and I was told to upgrade my modem and router to Altice One. I was given time slot of 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, technician did not show up or called that he is running late. After making 2 follow up calls tech shows up at 5:00 pm; I lost my 1 working day. Tech replaced old modem with Altice One did not show me speed test and left. Since I was having internet speed problem, I tested the speed with Speedtest.net and was getting speed of 40 to 70 mbps download with direct cat 5 wire with modem and about 1 mbps wireless in the same room where modem is located.

I keep getting calls from 631-419-7543. They claim to be Optimum offering Internet upgrade, they have been told to stop calling. They stop, then a few months later they call again. I called Optimum directly to tell them about this call and to stop calling me. They said it is a scam, the number is not even an Optimum number. It is registered to Brooks Fiber Communications. I asked them what they are doing to stop this scam, the operator was totally clueless, well I say obviously nothing. I see all the complaints on the Internet about this number and they are doing nothing about it.

I was having issues with my telephone service after the storm on August 7th. I contacted Optimum and tried troubleshooting, however this did not work. I called back to schedule a technician and was informed that I would only have to pay the $80 charge if the technician stopped by between the specified time (8am to 11am) and I was not present OR if they showed up and my phone was indeed working.

I called Optimum to cancel my internet service (since my price for internet always goes up, but the service just keeps getting worse). After waiting on hold for 20 minutes, I was greeted by a "customer service agent". She started off polite, but then advised me that I can not cancel my service since my wife started it. Funny thing is the credit card used to pay the bill, email address on file, and mobile phone number on file are all mine. My wife also informed them I an authorized user. So I ask them to call my wife, the lady says no I can't.

I can't imagine a more heartless company. When my mother passed away earlier this year, we went into their office to terminate her Optimum services. We're informed that because she was billed in advance, they would be unable to issue a refund for any pro-rated part of her $150/month bill... despite the fact that she clearly wasn't going to be able to use any of them. On top of this, they have now passed a $47 bill onto a collection agency to collect from her estate with no explanation whatsoever (we were not informed of any outstanding charges when we returned our equipment and cancelled service). Beware - they will continue to charge you all the way to the grave and beyond. Disgusting.

I just bought townhouse in Dumont, NJ. We have around 10 units in this complex. Since Optimum is the only cable provider, we do not have Spectrum or Verizon Fios. I made appointments 3 times already. For the first time, technician came and he needed to change old wires from the main box to my unit, and he left without installation. 2nd time same guy came, I told him to install wires from the roof or outside the walls, like some other technician from Optimum had installed for other 9 units. The technician denied using roof, said it was too risky for him to access the roof, but I showed him other technician have installed the new wires from the box to the roof and to the units. He denied and left.

Updated on 02/08/2019: I received my bill today from Optimum (I only have internet service) and now a Network Enhancement Fee of $2.50 has been added by these scam artists. This fee is nothing more than Altice’s way of saying “because we can”. All I can say is thank goodness there is a class-action lawsuit in the works against this company. I would love nothing more than to see Altice pack their bags and go back to France where they belong.