Optimum TV alternativeKeep the fiber. Drop the TV package.

Why this page is a Queens and Bronx page as much as an ISP page

Optimum (Altice) is the internet in large parts of Queens, the Bronx, southern Brooklyn and the inner suburbs. The TV package rides on that same account. Households in Astoria, Jackson Heights, Flushing, Fordham and Throgs Neck keep the internet because the building already has it — and look for a video replacement that still carries Mets and Yankees nights. IPTV NYC is that replacement: one WhatsApp thread, four prepaid prices, no TV box on our side.

Figures we can actually source

IPTV NYC prices come from the plans page: $15, $25, $35, $65. Optimum’s standard TV rates come from the official rate card at optimum.com/rate-card, fetched 2026-09-04. That card is labelled effective 1 October 2026 and, on the page we read, applies to customers whose service began on or before 7 January 2024. Select TV is listed at $185 per month; a cable box is $15 per month; PPV is “varies.” Newer accounts and current homepage promos use other numbers (including internet-tied TV offers). Taxes and broadcast surcharges are extra on Optimum’s side. If your promo is $20–$30 TV-with-internet, compare that promo to $15 prepaid IPTV NYC and to what the promo becomes when it expires.

We are not claiming a single savings figure for every Optimum customer. That would be an advertising claim we cannot substantiate house by house. We are putting two published price lists next to each other so you can do the math on your bill.

Sports is the usual reason the TV package survives

Mets on SNY-style windows, Yankees on YES-style windows, Giants and Jets, Knicks. Those are included in IPTV NYC, with UFC and boxing PPV in the same plan. Test that on Optimum Wi-Fi before you call to remove TV. The trial page and the Firestick setup guide are the two practical next clicks. If the building is actually on Spectrum, use the Spectrum page instead.

How to replace Optimum TV in NYC with IPTV NYC

Keep Optimum internet, test IPTV NYC on a Firestick or Smart TV, then drop the Optimum TV package and box if the test holds.

1. Leave Optimum internet on. Fiber or cable broadband stays. That is what IPTV NYC rides on.
2. Order a prepaid IPTV NYC plan on WhatsApp. $15, $25, $35 or $65. Name your device in the first message.
3. Test sports and live channels in the evening. Queens and Bronx Wi-Fi is busiest after 8 p.m. Confirm load time before you call Optimum.
4. Remove Optimum TV only. If the test holds, cancel the TV package and return the Optimum TV box through Optimum. Do not cancel internet.