MuniWireless

Cablevision has expanded the coverage area of its Optimum Wi-Fi service in New Jersey to popular Shore Points and high-traffic and commercial locations in Morris, Ocean and Monmouth Counties.  The company already offers Wi-Fi service in certain locations on Long Island, Connecticut and Westchester/Dutchess areas, in particular commuter rail stations. Unfortunately you have to be a Cablevision customer (i.e. someone who already subscribes to their cable service). So Cablevision’s offering is a “walled-garden Wi-Fi” service that is useless to most…

Cablevision announced that it has doubled the size of its Long Island wide-area Wi-Fi network to cover locations in Westchester and Connecticut, especially high-traffic areas such as metro and commuter rail stations. Cablevision’s Wi-Fi service is, unfortunately, available only to their existing Optimum Online customers so if you find yourself in their service area and you are from somewhere else, too bad. In that regard, it’s not very useful for outsiders. It’s clear that Cablevision wants to use the service…

Cablevision has launched its Wi-Fi service in various parts of Long Island, but it is available only to customers of Optimum Online. The cable company has set up several Wi-Fi hotzones (they call them community zones) including Long Island Railroad station platforms and parking lots, using equipment from BelAir Networks. It’s unfortunate that non-Optimum Online customers cannot even buy access to use the network, so in my view, it’s not really useful except to people who have Cablevision Optimum Online.…

Cablevision announced that it is rolling out a wireless broadband network in the East Coast, specifically  in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York City and on Long Island. The company has already spent $20 million (out of the estimated $300 million) on the network. Cablevision’s plan for Long Island certainly puts a damper on the county-wide wireless network that E-Path Communications is trying to deploy (without success so far). Cablevision says that it will be offering voice and video services as…

Cablevision is spending over $300 million to deploy a wireless broadband network over the next two years to provide Wi-Fi service to its customers on the East Coast. The network will cost $100 per subscriber.

Cablevision has been delivering broadband service to the Bronx, Long Island, Westchester county (NY), New Jersey and Connecticut and it plans to extend Wi-Fi coverage to cover outdoor areas, according to this article. It’s not clear how large of an outdoor area they plan to cover.…

An interesting twist on a muni Wi-Fi theme is happening in Peekskill, Pleasantville and Pelham, New YorK, where Cablevision is deploying outdoor service as a free added service for its Optimum Online customers.

According to a local blog, customers “can now connect wirelessly to the Internet while sitting outside at parks, cafes or while waiting for the train.” Hmmmm…sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

The story quotes John Trierweiler, senior vice president of product management, saying that the roll-out is part of the company’s…