RCN cable rocks !!!

[Geekbabe]

LOL,D/load speeds are literally flying this afternoon...wooohoooo!!!!!!!! My burner's gonna be busy today 😀

 

[BeauJangles]

lol, just wait. RCN is the most inconsistent service I've seen. Some days I get 300 k/sec sustained from most sites, other days I can't load a webpage.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
lol, just wait. RCN is the most inconsistent service I've seen. Some days I get 300 k/sec sustained from most sites, other days I can't load a webpage.

I've been pretty happy with them since I deep sixed the POS RCA modem in favor of a Toshiba

 

[TekViper]

whats RCN? Does it beat optimumonline?

2002-10-27 14:03:16 EST: 9210 / 948
Your download speed : 9210074 bps, or 9210 kbps.
A 1124.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 948166 bps, or 948 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
http://nyc.speakeasy.net/

😀

 

[Wduaqnug]

My DSL speed, i guess sux

2002-10-27 14:08:40 EST: 727 / 135
Your download speed : 727367 bps, or 727 kbps.
A 88.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 135616 bps, or 135 kbps.

 

[rutchtkim]

optimum here

 

[Miramonti]

I've got rcn in chicago and for the most part have been very happy with them, except the past few months I've had some temporary outages that have sidelined me. I hope its not the beginning of a trend.

On another note, I keep waiting for them to file bankruptcy. Their stock has fallen down to around $.50 and imo it seems inevitable, particularly given how aggressive some dsl pricing has gotten lately too.

 

[Windogg]

Originally posted by: baffled2
LOL,D/load speeds are literally flying this afternoon...wooohoooo!!!!!!!! My burner's gonna be busy today 😀

Hey Baffled, long time no see.

Try the upstream 🙂 I had RCN at my last place and managed to get 1.5 upstream. I'm on Speakeasy DSL at my new place. 3 static IPs and server friendly. Slower upstream but I am not complaining.

Windogg

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Windogg

Originally posted by: baffled2
LOL,D/load speeds are literally flying this afternoon...wooohoooo!!!!!!!! My burner's gonna be busy today 😀

Hey Baffled, long time no see.

Try the upstream 🙂 I had RCN at my last place and managed to get 1.5 upstream. I'm on Speakeasy DSL at my new place. 3 static IPs and server friendly. Slower upstream but I am not complaining.

Windogg

yeah,RCN upload speeds rule🙂

I've got friends with speakeasy,very useful if you want to throw a server up 🙂

 

[Liviathan]

I also have RCN in Chicago, no problems for me.....

I was going to get SBC DSL but they wanted to install a SECOND phone line in order for me to be able to get it....apparently my line now is not digital or something like that.

 

[Geekbabe]

Actually I like RCN because they appealed to my Fergeni side, I get 2 digital cable boxes with a ton of channels including free HBO and cable internet for less money thab\n ATTBI used to cost me.. I'm cheap 😛

 

[Storm]

wow you guys have 2 way cable from RCN? 1 way from RCN just isnt worth it for $50/month
Im stuck in the suburbs of New Jersey where its still one-way cable and they're in the process of upgrading. Who knows how long that is gonna take. And Cablevision is in the process of re-evaluating its situation so expansion into my township is put on hold for its OptimumOnline service. Finally the co for Verizon dsl is too far away 🙁. Its so unbelieveable dumb that a nice place to live here doesnt have adequate broadband service.

 

[BeauJangles]

2 way cable from RCN, where I am, is 39.99 / month.

 

[Storm]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
2 way cable from RCN, where I am, is 39.99 / month.

oh yea where in the US?

 

[RichieZ]

2002-10-27 17:14:43 EST: 3009 / 5123
Your download speed : 3009958 bps, or 3009 kbps.
A 367.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 5123825 bps, or 5123 kbps.

 

[manly]

RCN was fine for the first six months, but real troublesome for the past 2. Basically, between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. it doesn't work at all (cable modem lights constantly flash). Since it's so regular an occurence, I don't believe the cable modem is broken. My only guess is they're oversubscribed in this area during "prime time" but even that I find hard to believe.

I've been too lazy to call them up and complain and demand some money back.

Except for this problem, the throughput I get from RCN isn't mind-boggling but the upstream throughput is pretty good compared to 128 Kbps for most other big providers.