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3 Megabit Cable Modems, Anyone?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the quicker-than-the-passage-of-recess dept.

joelav22 writes: "I've got to move to San Francisco! RCN has upgraded current customers to 3 megabits of bandwith for no extra charge. In the days of all the bandwith chopping and caps, this is definitely a welcome trend. I hope ATT and Comcast can take a hint."

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  1. Great news! And one little inaccuracy by forged · · Score: 5, Informative
    Favorite quote:
    • While other broadband providers are limiting their download speeds or cracking down on so-called bandwidth hogs, we've been working to give our customers even faster speeds at a terrific value.

    Way to go, RCN! And take this, ATT, Comcast ;)

    The inaccuracy was free of charge. It's only free for customers paying the Gold and Platinum ResiLink packages. For all other bundles, there is a price increase between $10 to $25 for the 3Mbits service.

  2. RCN Rules! by linuxlover · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have RCN at home (zip : 94401, San Mateo, CA - aka San Francisco Bay area). They give me the combo package with phone + cable TV + broadband.

    The most impressed part gotta be their broadband. here are some stats
    - mozilla dowload speed : 324 kB/s ( ~= 2.5 Mbps!!)
    - people dowload from me on Limewire around 120 KB/s ( ~= 1Mbps)

    Now that is just leaps better compared to any DSL or cable here. Eat that AT & Pacbell :-)

    My new found obsession is Furthur (furthernet.com). And right now people are downloading from me @ 50KB/s. A buddy of mine is also on Furthur, but his upstream is capped at 15KB/s (~= 128 kbps). I told him about RCN and he is *seriously* thinking about moving to a place where he can get RCN :-)

    So people, please, if you are San Francisco Bay area give these guys a try. I have nothing but good things to say about RCN.

    IF you need further info see my website or drop me an email. /LinuxLover

  3. That's good news, but ... by dzym · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area, we have Optimum Online, a service from which I've often obtained speeds up to 7, 8 Mbits/s.

    The upload speed isn't too shabby either, I've sustained uploads at around 1.5 to 2 Mbits/s for periods of more than 1 hour at a time, according to my MRTG graph.