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Optimum Communications

alticeusa.com · Telecom · ATUS

Ranked 1,209 of 2,047 companies in the study

30Overall score
  • Visibility9
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Optimum Communications

AI assistants name Optimum Communications in 10% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the telecom sector. Its overall score is 30 out of 100, ranking 1,209th of 2,047 companies. The company's website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the telecom market: none named Optimum Communications. AI assistants named it in 6 of 60 answers (10.0%). The typical telecom company is named in 5.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Optimum Communications ranks 13 of 41 in its sector.

Named by AI in
10.0%
6 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
8.5%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
21 of 41
by overall score, where the typical telecom company scores 30
How Optimum Communications compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
9

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with telecom

41 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score30
Ranks 21 of 41. Typical company: 30
Named in answers10%
Ranks 13 of 41. Typical company: 5%
AI readiness21
Ranks 21 of 41. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Top internet and TV service bundles for families wanting both streaming and live news options”

For families seeking a blend of streaming and live news, several internet and TV service bundles offer compelling options. These bundles often combine high-speed internet with various TV packages that include live channels and access to popular streaming apps.

Here are some of the top internet and TV service bundles that cater to families desiring both streaming and live news:

Frontier - Frontier is highlighted for its YouTube TV internet bundle, providing ultra-fast fiber internet and over 100 channels, including live sports, news, and shows. This bundle also includes a free DVR wit …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Verizon Fios9
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Verizon Fios
28.8%
Xfinity (Comcast)
18.2%
Spectrum (Charter Communications)
18.2%
AT&T Fiber
15.2%
Frontier Communications
10.6%
Optimum Communications
9.1%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
3/15
Claude
2/15
Perplexity
1/15
OpenAI
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
63 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 32 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.optimum.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

highspeedinternet.com
48
cabletv.com
30
allconnect.com
23
justdial.com
22
cnet.com
21
reviews.org
17
broadbandnow.com
15
spectrum.com
11
optimum.com
9
forbes.com
9

In the study as Consumer brands.

Every question, and where the company came up (4 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Is upgrading to a high-speed fiber internet plan worth the added monthly cost?
  • Top internet and TV service bundles for families wanting both streaming and live news options
  • How do I resolve issues with my digital TV service not displaying local news channels?
  • What steps can I take if my fiber internet connection keeps dropping at home?
  • Are there affordable alternatives to bundled internet, TV, and phone packages for small households?
  • Best internet plan options for working from home and streaming 4K video simultaneously
  • Alternatives to fiber internet for homes located in areas without fiber network access
  • What are the best non-cable options for live local news and on-demand TV content?
  • How can I find the cheapest phone and mobile service add-ons to my internet plan?
  • What is the average monthly price range for fiber-based internet and TV packages in the US?
  • What are the best fiber internet providers for reliable home connectivity in the US?
  • How does business phone service through a fiber network compare to traditional landlines?
  • Reliable communications solution for small businesses needing fast upload speeds and secure connections
  • Are multi-service bundles that include internet, phone, and TV actually cost-effective?
  • Fiber internet vs cable internet: which is faster and more reliable for residential use?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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