Optimum: Difference between revisions
Both companies were merged into what is Optimum today (Cablevision merged into Altice and Altice rebranded to Optimum) |
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===ISP monopoly (''date'')=== | ===ISP monopoly (''date'')=== | ||
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In Northeastern towns such as Brookhaven | In Northeastern towns such as Brookhaven, the town only had a cable/internet contract with Optimum (with those in the town declaring Optimum an "effective monopoly") before accepting a 5-year franchise deal with Verizon in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greaterlongisland.com/brookhaven-verizon-fios-cable-franchise-agreement/|title=Brookhaven strikes tentative deal with Verizon FiOS, breaks Optimum’s cable monopoly|date=2026-03-26|first=Brian|last=Harmon|work=Greater Long Island}}</ref> | ||
===Example incident two (''date'')=== | ===Example incident two (''date'')=== | ||