RCN Broadband

RCN broadband has unique high speed Internet offers for its customers, such as the MegaModem Mach 7 service, one of the fastest Internet connections around.

RCN has about 0.2 million subscribers for its broadband service and adds new customers steadily in the company's coverage area.

The company has an advanced fiber optic network, called Megaband Network, which is used to deliver high speed Internet and other cable services to customers.

All in all, RCN has currently more than 1 million cable customers in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., metropolitan markets.

Available RCN Broadband Packages

The offers are:

• MegaModem Mach 7
• 7.0 Mbps Download
• 800 Kbps Upload
• Up to 125x faster vs. dial-up Internet
• MegaModem Mach 5
• 5.0 Mbps Download
• 800 Kbps Upload
• Up to 90x faster vs. dial-up
• Value Modem
• 768 Kbps Download
• 256 Kbps upload
• Up to 13x faster vs. dial-up

There are regional variations in the availability of different offers.

For example, Non-digital Chicago area cable modem speeds are up to 1.5 Mbps download and up to 256 Kbps upload. Lehigh Valley 1-way area cable modem speeds are up to 3 Mbps download and up to 56 Kbps upload.


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