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RCN Business Services to Offer Wideband Cable Modem Options to Small, Medium Sized Businesses Over Its Own Fiber-Rich Backbone
(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HERNDON, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/02/09 --
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) announced today
that RCN Business Services is
expanding its data product suite by introducing wideband cable modem
offerings through the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 technology to the Small, Medium
Business (SMB) market.
RCN is a leading provider of
all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet, and premium
voice services to residential and small-medium sized business customers, as
well as high-capacity transport services to carrier and large enterprise
customers.
RCN Business Services will take advantage of the next generation DOCSIS
specification to introduce cable modems that deliver up to three times
faster speeds than today's highest speed services. The company plans to
launch in Manhattan and in portions of Boston where it has fiber in
thousands of buildings and broadband coaxial cable throughout its
footprint. Additional areas served by RCN in Eastern Pennsylvania will also
get to take advantage of RCN's new speed tiers.
RCN Business Services will introduce several powerful data tiers aimed
specifically at customers looking for a fast and reliable platform that can
support the demands of multiple users and applications like Hosted VoIP,
video conferencing, streaming video and robust and secure Virtual Private
Network (VPN), for example.
RCN will leverage the Cisco® DOCSIS
3.0 downstream channel bonding solution that includes the Cisco® uBR10012
cable modem termination systems (CMTS) and Cisco DPC3000 Channel Bonded
Cable Modems. The new services will offer peak data rates of 20 Mbps
downstream/5 Mbps upstream, 40 Mbps downstream/5 Mbps upstream and 60 Mbps
downstream/10 Mbps upstream. Pricing will allow for one to two year
commitments ranging from $59.99 to $199.99. While other existing speed
tiers are available to meet the specific needs of smaller businesses, all
of the new DOCSIS tiers will be available to customers seeking a wideband
option.
"An offering that includes faster upstream and downstream speeds will
further allow us to develop solutions that meet the needs of our business
customers. We anticipate that the midpoint 40/5 Mbps data package will
provide the best value for many SMBs," explained RCN Business Services Vice
President and General Manager, Mary Jane Horne. "We engage closely with our
clients who tell us over and over about the tremendous pressures they
face to find new ways to increase productivity and drive efficiency. Our
rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 will make it easier for us to address this demand."
"DOCSIS 3.0 is designed to help our cable provider customers, like RCN,
dramatically boost speeds using channel bonding technology," said Mark
Palazzo, general manager, Cable Access Business Unit, Cisco. "DOCSIS 3.0
will enable cable MSOs to allow small business customers to leverage higher
speed tiers for increased productivity, web hosting and VoIP adoption --
all with faster speeds and attractive prices."
"Every business needs a solid foundation on which to build," added Horne.
"RCN's Wideband data, served over our own fiber-rich backbone, is a
building block that every business could utilize to operate efficiently and
reliably. When RCN's Voice and Video building blocks are layered on as part
of a core telecommunications strategy, customers can focus on what's most
important, running their business."
About RCN Corporation
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), http://www.rcn.com, is a competitive
broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition
video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and
small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN
Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical
Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data
transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large
enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business
districts in the company's geographic markets. RCN's primary service areas
include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City,
Boston and Chicago. (RCNI-G)
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Contacts:
Lisa Barder
RCN Corporation
(609) 651-6892
Lisa.Barder@rcn.net
Mike Houghton
Communicreate
(703) 799-7383
mike.houghton@rcn.net
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