Altice USA Launches the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program for Optimum & Suddenlink Cu...
May 12 2021 - 9:00AM
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Qualifying households will receive a credit of
up to $50 a month (or up to $75 a month for households on Tribal
lands) on broadband services and associated equipment rental
charges as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS), the provider of Optimum and Suddenlink
internet, television, and phone service, today announces that as
part of its continued efforts to keep communities connected and
make broadband more accessible, the company has launched the FCC’s
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which will provide eligible
Optimum and Suddenlink residential customers with a credit towards
their internet service payments.
Optimum and Suddenlink residential customers who meet the
eligibility criteria based on the FCC’s rules will receive a
monthly credit of up to $50 (or up to $75 for customers on Tribal
lands) towards their internet service and associated internet
equipment rental charges. The offer is available to both new and
existing Optimum and Suddenlink residential customers and will
continue until six months after the date the federal government
declares the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency or until
funds from the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program have been
depleted. For more on the program, visit
https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit.
For information on eligibility and how to apply, Optimum and
Suddenlink customers can visit Optimum.com/EmergencyBroadband and
Suddenlink.com/EmergencyBroadband
To ensure consumers are aware of the program and available
financial relief, the company is conducting a multi-pronged
marketing campaign complete with digital advertising, direct
e-mails, and newsletters.
“Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Altice USA, through our Optimum
and Suddenlink brands, has been committed to keeping our customers
connected by providing reliable, high-speed internet service and
extending broadband access even deeper into the communities we
serve through programs like our low-cost Altice Advantage Internet
service and partnerships with local government, community
organizations, and school systems that remove cost as a barrier to
accessing home broadband service,” said Hakim Boubazine, President
of Telecommunications and Chief Operating Officer. “We are proud to
participate in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, an
example of another great public-private partnership to address the
digital divide.”
Altice USA has established several initiatives to keep customers
connected and to provide relief to communities experiencing
hardship due to the effects of the public health crisis. The
company continues to offer its Altice Advantage Internet product, a
30 Mbps broadband solution, complimentary for 60 days to households
with K-12 and/or college students who do not currently have home
internet access. Altice USA is also working with school districts
to provide solutions to reach households that lack connectivity,
including through offering a centralized purchase program that
allows school districts to identify and provide connectivity to
students without broadband access at home, as well as through the
company’s Student WiFi product, which enables school-issued devices
to access the Optimum WiFi network in the New York tri-state
area.
Altice USA offers a wide range of broadband speeds to meet all
needs and budgets, starting with Altice Advantage Internet,
available to eligible customers for $14.99 per month, and going up
to multi-gigabit services for enterprise customers. In addition,
the company’s mobile service, Altice Mobile, currently offers
customers data, talk and text on a nationwide network with 5G
coverage starting at just $14 per line per month.
About Altice USA
Altice USA is one of the largest broadband communications and
video services providers in the United States, delivering
broadband, video, mobile, proprietary content and advertising
services to more than 5 million residential and business customers
across 21 states through its Optimum and Suddenlink brands. The
company operates a4, an advanced advertising and data business,
which provides audience-based, multiscreen advertising solutions to
local, regional and national businesses and advertising clients.
Altice USA also offers hyper-local, national, international and
business news through its News 12, Cheddar and i24NEWS
networks.
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Ashwin Bhandari ashwin.bhandari@alticeusa.com
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