<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Rcn-business ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/rcn-business Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:30:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ RCN Beefs Up Business Ethernet ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/rcn-beefs-business-ethernet-395587 7GWNgsrpFPcXZEWGQV3tjv Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:30:00 +0000

RCN Business, the commercial services arm of RCN, said it has upgraded its Ethernet network backbone to include 100 Gigabit per second links.

With the upgrade, RCN Business, a Metro Ethernet Forum 2.0 certified carrier, said it can now scale its Ethernet services from 3 Mbps to 100 Gbps.

RCN Business is using the platform to target small- and medium-sized businesses and enterprises in markets  such as Boston; Chicago; Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley, Pa.; Washington, D.C.; and New York  City. RCN is battling in a highly competitive marketplace. 

AT&T, Level 3, Verizon, CenturyLink, Time  Warner Cable, Comcast, XO and Cox Communications topped Vertical Systems Group’s Carrier Ethernet Services leaderboard for mid-year 2015.  Bright House Networks, Charter Communications,  Cogent, Cablevision Systems’s Lightpath, Windstream and Zayo made up the “challenge” tier, which lists providers with between 1% and 4% share of the U.S. retail Ethernet market.

RCN Business, which offers a suite of Ethernet services spanning E-Line, E-LAN and E-Access,  made Vertical Systems’s “market player’ tier, which factors in all providers with port share below 1%.

]]> <![CDATA[ RCN Business Launches Service in Empire State Building ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/rcn-business-launches-service-empire-state-building-383520 hVT2mUAfgFboNszu4Y2vGy Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:45:00 +0000

RCN Business has found a new home in the Empire State Building. The communications provider launched its voice, data and video services in the iconic New York structure, giving businesses access to high-speed Internet, Dedicated Internet Access, Hosted Voice, PRI/SIP Trunks, Video (HDTV), Ethernet E-Line and E-LAN. 

"We are delighted to add RCN Business to the suite of communications service providers for our tenants at the Empire State Building," said Thomas P. Durels, executive vice president and chief of property operations and leasing for the Empire State Realty Trust, in a release. "RCN will enhance the existing superior technology at the Empire State Building, which was recently certified Platinum by WiredNYC for the redundancy and reliability of its technology and communications services."

RCN is touting ethernet as a main draw for potential businesses, as the carrier recently received the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification.

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