Altice reduces cable internet upload speeds by up to 86 percent next month

Altice is slashing its cable Internet upload speeds by up to 86 percent starting on July 12. Altice's Optimum Online plans that currently have advertised upload speeds of 35Mbps will be reduced to uploads of either 5Mbps, 10Mbps, or 20Mbps, depending on the plan. The company did not announce any immediate price changes on the plans that are getting upload-speed cuts. While the change will not affect existing customers as long as they stay on their current service plans, new customers will have to accept the lower upload speeds and existing customers would have to take the lower upload speeds whenever they upgrade, downgrade, or change service. Altice claimed that its cable network isn't having any trouble offering its current advertised speeds, stating, "Our network continues to perform very well despite the significant data usage increases during the pandemic and the speed tiers we offer." The upload speed change is apparently being implemented not to solve any network problem but to match the slower upload speeds offered by other cable internet service providers.