RCN Corporation

RCN Corporation, originally Residential Communications Network, founded in 1993 and based in Princeton, New Jersey, was the first American facilities-based ("overbuild") provider of bundled telephone, cable television, and internet service delivered over its own fiber-optic local network as well as dialup and DSL Internet service to consumers in the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. areas.

This article is about the American communications company. For the Colombian broadcasting company, see RCN TV.

RCN Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1993 (1993) (as Residential Communications Network)
Defunct2022 (2022)
HeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, U.S.
Key people
Jim Holanda, CEO
ServicesHigh Speed Internet
Digital Television
Digital Telephone
Revenue$636 million
Number of employees
1,315
ParentAstound Broadband
SubsidiariesGrande Communications
Patriot Media Consulting
WebsiteRCN.com

As of 2006, RCN claimed over 424,000 domestic customers and 130 cable franchises. As of 2013 RCN's network offered coverage to approximately 3.8 million people, making it the 11th largest provider of cable Internet access in the U.S. Its operations, as well as sister companies Grande Communications, and Wave Broadband are handled under affiliate Patriot Media Consulting.

RCN served in or around the following locations: Allentown, Boston, Chicago (limited coverage), New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C..

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