Posted by admin | Posted in Cablevision Systems Corporation, Media News, Time Warner Cable | Posted on 08-04-2010
Time Warner Cable has partnered with Cablevision to deliver high-speed wireless Internet connection at in the New York City area. This partnership will benifit one million local Road Runner Time Warner Cable residential customers.
Subscribers will have unlimited access to a fast and free wireless Internet connection at several locations in the NYC area. Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi is now available at several Wi-Fi zones in Manhattan and Queens, including several parks and some Long Island Railroad platforms and their respective parking lots in the company’s service area.
Time Warner Cable and Cablevision subscribers in the New York City area will have access to free, unlimited Wi-Fi services allowing for a fast Internet connection at designated Wi-Fi zones.
Time Warner Cable Road Runner customers will have access to Cablevision’s Optimum WiFi network, and Cablevision’s Optimum Online customers will have access to Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones when they travel out of their service area. Time Warner Cable’s New York City service area includes Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, western Brooklyn, Mt. Vernon, parts of the Hudson Valley region, and Bergen and Hudson Counties in New Jersey. Cablevision’s coverage area includes Long Island, parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, Westchester, Rockland, Northern Hudson Valley, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
Howard Szarfarc, Executive Vice President of the company’s New York City Region, said “Our sophisticated network is a combination of wireless and wireline services, bringing a wide spectrum of products and services to our customers. This free new Wi-Fi option adds another dimension for Road Runner customers, bringing even more convenience. Road Runner customers can experience a fast, simple and easy connection from their laptops or portable Wi-Fi-enabled devices in Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones, meeting their growing need for mobility.”
