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Altice is reducing cable-Internet upload speeds by up to 86% next month

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | buzbuzzer) Altice is slashing its cable-Internet upload speeds by up to 86 percent starting on July 12. Altice 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. Altice did not announce any immediate […]

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Cox cuts some users’ uploads from 30Mbps to 10Mbps—here’s how to avoid it

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ollo) James, a Cox cable-Internet customer in Irvine, California, got an unwelcome email on Tuesday from the Internet provider. Cox’s email told James, who pays $80 a month for broadband, that his 30Mbps upload speeds will soon be reduced to 10Mbps. A Cox spokesperson told Ars that James and similar […]