A guide to RCN cable

Since 1993, RCN has been providing bundled phone, cable TV and high speed internet to over four-hundred-thousand customers in Chicago, Washington, Eastern Pennsylvania, Boston and New York. RCN was able to enter markets that already had cable TV providers by forming partnerships with power providers who had the right-of-way on power poles. This article details some of the services provided by RCN.

RCN corporation

RCN corporation is an "overbuilder" - a company that makes use of the networks belonging to already existing telecommunications operators to give customers an alternative service. History RCN was originally called Residential Communications Network but it expanded into a wide range of business and domestic communication products by purchasing internet service providers Erols Internet, Ultranet Communications, JavaNet and Interport on the American east coast. Internet service providers On the west coast, RCN bought two internet service providers called DNAI and Brainstorm. The company bought another overbuilder, 21st Century Telecom to break into the Chicago market.

RCN services

High speed internet RCN provides high speed internet using fibre-optic cables. The customer can take advantage of a modem provided by RCN or choose to use their existing modem. They can also install a wireless router for up to four devices. The service includes configuration of the customer's devices. TV packages RCN high-definition cable TV packages cover movies, sports and Video-On-Demand. This includes forty-five digital music channels and thousands of On-Demand movies. The packages utilise such popular services as Nickelodeon, Disney, Fox News and ESPN. Customers can also choose international TV packages from the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, South Asian, Spanish and Vietnamese. The RCN phone service offers unlimited calls to anywhere in the USA including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada. Customers can also make cheap international calls.

Bundled services

Customers of RCN are able to choose from a wide range of bundled phone,internet cable service and RCN cable TV packages. The company offers varying internet speeds and cable TV channels to suit almost any lifestyle. There is also a RCN webmail service featuring a website providing answers to questions about the webmail features such as Email basics, managing your mail account, sending and receiving mail, controlling spam, preventing virus infection, using the calendar and managing your contacts.