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Remember, the smaller the device, the closer to the access point you'll need to be. This is because the antenna in the smaller devices are usually not as strong as in a laptop. Service Issue If you still cannot get online and you are sure that you have your Optimum ID and password right, it is possible that we are having a service issue.

You can contact us to report your issue. Optimum WiFi works with all major web browsers on both laptops and handheld devices. To use its "remember me" functionality, cookies need to be enabled in your browser. If you have forgotten your username or password you can contact us when you get home and we'll get you up and running again.

If you see the "optimumwifi" network name or SSID and still can't connect, again, check out your WiFi-enabled device to see how many signal bars are present.

This is because the antennas in the smaller devices are usually not as strong as in a laptop. Some Optimum hotspots are placed outdoors in strategic areas like downtowns, parks and railroad stations, to provide internet access in the places you need it most.

Additionally, Optimum hotspots can be found inside select businesses, such as stores, cafes, salons and restaurants. We are constantly expanding the places where you can access Optimum WiFi - please click here to find hotspots in your area. WiFi is a technology that allows you to connect to the Internet at broadband speeds without any wires.

Faster than dial-up and 4G, and with hundreds of millions of devices already in market, WiFi is the most popular way to wirelessly connect to the Internet.

You can manage your Optimum ID here. Use the Manage Options drop down next to the Optimum ID to change your password and other information. An Optimum WiFi hotspot can be made up of any number of access points, depending on the size of the public space.

Sometimes just one will do for a small park, other times many may be called upon to provide coverage for a large downtown area. Each hotspot is uniquely designed for Optimum coverage in the specified area. The effective Optimum WiFi reception area will vary with many factors, including signal reflection off of buildings and other structures, and even weather.

The Optimum WiFi network is made up of clusters of access points called hotspots that are strategically placed to give you the best coverage throughout the area. We are constantly expanding the Optimum WiFi network - please click here to find hotspots in your area. While outside the Cablevision service area, Optimum Online subscribers can access WiFi hotspots in select areas from the following cable operators:. You can access these partner hotspots by selecting "CableWiFi" in your device's network settings.

Click here for more information. Yes, in fact, we'd love for you to use your Optimum Online e-mail account. The same Optimum ID and password allows you to manage your e-mail account and get online.

Yes you can. WiFi is a great technology to use for this because it is super fast. And unlike the cellular providers, who often charge their customers for exceeding the caps on their data plans, Optimum Online customers have unlimited download capacity on Optimum WiFi. Optimum WiFi has taken several important steps to protect your data transmissions when you are connected to Optimum WiFi. Whenever you login we help protect your privacy and the safety of your Optimum ID and password by providing bit encryption.

This is the same standard used by thousands of online banking and financial services sites around the world to protect your critical transactions. This is true for other Optimum services such as your e-mail , and the Optimum Store.

Each and every time you login, we are looking out for you. However, for the most secure online experience possible, be safe and smart. Sensible security practices should be observed when you connect your system to any kind of network, wired or wireless.

Keep your Anti-Virus programs up to date, and perform regular system scans to detect any problems early. Yes, you can protect up to 20 devices, including computers, mobile phones and tablets, with Internet protection powered by McAfee for a low monthly fee. Firewalls are software programs that you can install on your computer to prevent unwanted users from accessing your computer when you connect to a network. Many personal computers have firewall protection built in today.

If yours does not, there are many versions available at a reasonable cost. Its best to keep file sharing turned off when connected to a public network, in order to avoid the inadvertent sharing of data, or allowing someone to place data onto your system. Keep up to date with the security patches from your system's manufacturer. This will help maintain your security profile as time goes on. Yes, we know these can be time-consuming, but better safe than sorry. Over-the-shoulder screen readers are just plain rude.

Some may just be curious but others may be trying to gather information from you. Send them on their way with a privacy filter that fits over your screen, and only allows you to see your screen when you're positioned directly in front of it.

VPNs are popular among laptop users that connect to corporate networks on the road. They encrypt all traffic between the laptop and the company's servers. If the AAA will not enforce this Arbitration Provision as written, it cannot serve as the arbitration organization to resolve Your dispute. If this situation arises, or if the AAA for any reason cannot serve as the arbitration organization, the parties shall agree on a substitute arbitration organization or ad hoc arbitration, which will enforce this Arbitration Provision as to the dispute.

If the parties are unable to agree, the parties shall mutually petition a court of appropriate jurisdiction to appoint an arbitration organization or ad hoc arbitrator that will enforce this Arbitration Provision as written. A single arbitrator will resolve the dispute between You and Altice. Participation in arbitration may result in limited discovery.

The arbitrator will honor claims of privilege recognized by law and will take reasonable steps to protect confidential or proprietary information, including subscriber personally identifiable information. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, except that issues relating to arbitrability, the scope or enforceability of this Arbitration Provision, or the interpretation of its prohibitions of class, representative, and private attorney general proceedings and non-individualized relief shall be for a court of competent jurisdiction to decide.

The Arbitrator is limited and bound by terms of this Arbitration Provision. Although the arbitrator shall be bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving the same customer to the extent required by applicable law, the arbitrator shall not be bound by rulings in other arbitrations involving different customers. The arbitrator will make any award in writing but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by a party.

An award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction over the parties for purposes of enforcement. Unless the parties agree otherwise, any arbitration hearings will take place in a location convenient to You in the area where You receive the Service s.

An award of injunctive relief shall be stayed during any such appeal. The members of the three-arbitrator panel will be selected according to AAA rules.

The three-arbitrator panel will issue its decision within one hundred and twenty days of the date of the appealing party's notice of appeal.

The decision of the three-arbitrator panel shall be final and binding, subject to any right of judicial review that exists under the FAA. You agree that if You fail to notify Altice in writing within one 1 year of the date of the occurrence of the event or facts giving rise to a dispute, then to the fullest extent permitted by law, You waive the right to pursue, in any forum, including arbitration or court, a claim based upon such event, facts or dispute.

Altice will pay all arbitration filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for arbitrations that it commences. In addition, Altice will consider reimbursing Your share of these fees if You indicate You cannot afford them and, if appropriate, will pay directly all such fees upon Your written request prior to the commencement of the arbitration.

You are responsible for all additional costs and expenses that You incur in the arbitration, including, but not limited to, attorneys' or expert witness fees and expenses, unless the arbitrator determines that applicable law requires Altice to pay those costs and expenses. If the arbitrator concludes that Your claim is frivolous or has been brought for an improper purpose as measured by the standards of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 b , then the AAA rules shall govern the allocation of arbitration fees, and You agree to reimburse Altice for any amounts Altice may have paid on Your behalf.

In addition, in such cases, the arbitrator shall have the same discretion that a court would have to require You to pay Altice's attorneys' fees and expenses. If Altice is the claimant, the arbitrator shall have the same discretion to require Altice to pay Your attorneys' fees and expenses if the arbitrator concludes that Altice's claim is frivolous or has been brought for an improper purpose.

You and Altice agree that each party may bring claims against the other only in Your or its individual capacity and may not participate as a class member or serve as a named plaintiff in any purported class, representative, or private attorney general proceeding. This Arbitration Provision does not permit and explicitly prohibits the arbitration of consolidated, class, or representative disputes of any form.

In addition, although the arbitrator may award any relief that a court could award that is individualized to the claimant and would not affect other Altice account holders, neither You nor Altice may seek, nor may the arbitrator award, non-individualized relief that would affect other account holders.

Further, the arbitrator may not consolidate or join more than one person's claims unless all parties affirmatively agree in writing. If any of the prohibitions in the preceding paragraph is held to be unenforceable as to a particular claim, then that claim and only that claim must be severed from the arbitration and brought in court.

In that instance, or any instance when a claim between You and Altice proceeds to court rather than through arbitration, You and Altice each waive the right to any trial by jury through this Agreement. If any other portion of this Arbitration Provision is determined to be unenforceable, then the remainder of this Arbitration Provision shall be given full force and effect. The terms of the Arbitration Provision shall survive termination, amendment or expiration of this Agreement.

For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Excepted Claims" shall mean claims by either party relating to a party's intellectual property rights or to the theft, or piracy of Altice products or services. In addition, either You or Altice may bring claims in small claims court in Your jurisdiction, if that court has jurisdiction over the parties and the action and the claim complies with the prohibitions on class, representative, and private attorney general proceedings and non-individualized relief discussed above.

You may also bring issues to the attention of federal, state, and local executive or administrative agencies. You agree that Altice may for any reason, and without notice to you, modify or terminate Optimum WiFi and these Terms of Use without liability to you, any user or any third party. Emergency Access to and Use of Optimum WiFi You understand that Optimum WiFi is a feature of Altice's Optimum Online service that is made available to non-subscribers for limited sixty minute time periods during a declared state of emergency only, and that you are provided with temporary access to Optimum WiFi during such an emergency situation.

You acknowledge and agree that you will be responsible for all activities during any Optimum WiFi session. Collection and Use of Information. In order to gain emergency access to Optimum WiFi, you must accept these Terms of Use and may be required to provide certain information.

You agree that in addition to using your information to facilitate your temporary access to and use of Optimum WiFi, Altice may use your information for other business purposes, which may include but not be limited to, protecting the security of users and Optimum WiFi and detecting and preventing fraud.

Sometimes, Altice may provide access to your information to select third parties, including its agents and service providers to assist in providing services or for other legitimate business purposes. Additionally, the Optimum WiFi service may use automated processes to monitor and scan communications over the Optimum WiFi network in order to maintain and provide services, improve your experience and ensure the integrity of your communications.

Service Subject To Interception and Unauthorized Use You acknowledge that communications over the Optimum WiFi network may be subject to interception by unauthorized third parties. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability Altice makes no representation that you will be able to make an emergency including call using the Optimum WiFi service.

Neither Altice, nor any of its parents, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, and operational providers, are liable or shall have responsibility of any kind to any user for any loss or damage that a user incurs in the event of i any failure or interruption of Optimum WiFi; or ii any other cause relating to user's access or use, or inability to access or use, Optimum WiFi; whether or not the circumstances giving rise to such cause may have been within the control of Altice or any vendor providing software, services or support.

Unless applicable law provides otherwise, in no event will Altice, its parents, partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, members, officers, employees, agents, and operational providers be liable to any user for any direct, special, indirect, consequential, punitive, or incidental damages or any other loss or damages of any kind even if Altice, its affiliates or any other party has been advised of the possibility thereof.

Indemnification You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Altice, its parents, partners affiliates, subsidiaries, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, and operational providers, from and against all liabilities, claims, damages and expenses, including attorney's fees, arising out of your use of Optimum WiFi, or your violation or alleged violation of these Terms of Use.

Arbitration Except as noted below under "Excepted Claims," any and all disputes arising between You and Altice, including its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, predecessors, and successors, shall be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis in accordance with this Arbitration Provision. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Excepted Claims" shall mean claims by either party relating to a party's intellectual property rights or to the theft or piracy of Altice products or services.

Changes to Optimum WiFi and these Terms of Use You agree that Altice may for any reason, and without notice to you, modify or terminate Optimum WiFi and these Terms of Use without liability to you, any user or any third party.

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If you're away from home, you can register by simply following the prompts on your device upon your next successful login to any Optimum WiFi hotspot.

If you're at home, you can register by clicking here and following the instructions provided. Because we want to help you get online as fast as possible! With Automatic Sign-In, you'll have one less username and password to enter. So, the next time you're at any of the over 2 million Optimum WiFi hotspots, you will connect automatically. The easiest ways to register your device to connect automatically are to go to an Optimum WiFi hotspot if you're away from home, or click here.

The easiest way to get started is to go to any Optimum WiFi hotspot with your device and sign in with your Optimum ID and password. We promise, it will be the last time you ever need to sign in! Find a Hotspot. Then, just accept the offer to recognize your device in the future. If you're using an iPhone or iPod touch - select the Remember Me button! The last thing you have to do is fill in a few details about your device.

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