RCN Launches Its Bundled Telecommunications Services in Burlington, Massachusetts
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PRINCETON, N.J., JUNE 20 /PRNewswire/ -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNC) is
now offering its full bundle of telecommunications services to residents of
the Boston suburb of Burlington. The centerpiece of RCN's offering is its
popular ResiLink(TM) bundled pricing plan, which offers consumers the choice
of four different packages that include phone, cable TV and internet access
services for a flat rate.
The company's entry into the Burlington market is a natural extension of
its Boston area build-out. RCN already operates in Waltham, Watertown, and
Lexington, and has approval to serve more than half a million homes in the
greater Boston market.
"We are bringing the freedom of choice to the residents of Burlington,"
said Michael Adams, RCN's President and Chief Operating Officer. "RCN's goal
is to offer our customers quality, value and flexibility with the convenience
of one bill. While customers can sign up for individual RCN services, we are
discovering that they are most interested in the value and simplicity of our
bundled offers."
"Because we want to be sure our new customers enjoy their services from
RCN from the very beginning, we enter a market only when we are satisfied that
we have all the customer support systems fully in place, from ordering to
billing, to provide a positive customer experience," said Adams. "We are
confident that Burlington residents will be pleased with our bundled package
of services, as have thousands of other customers in neighboring towns."
ResiLink Service Packages
Consumers can choose from four distinctive service packages:
* RCN's ResiLink Platinum bundle provides enhanced services for heavy
telephone, cable and Internet users.
* RCN's ResiLink gold bundle offers a similarly comprehensive package of
services without the option of a second phone line.
* RCN's ResiLink Silver bundle provides advanced communications services
to customers without a computer or interest in the Internet.
* RCN's ResiLink Bronze is designed for heavy Internet users.
RCN is building its national presence by focusing on clusters of
communities in the most densely populated regions of the country. Burlington
fits into this profile, with a density of homes per mile of plant that is more
than three times the national average. The company is currently targeting the
Boston to Washington corridor on the East Coast and the San Francisco to San
Diego corridor on the West Coast. In addition, through its acquisition of
21st Century Telecom Group, Inc., RCN now offers services in Chicago.
To check for availability of services in areas RCN serves, call
800-RING-RCN (800-746-4726).
About The RCN Network
RCN's Megaband (TM) Network is a unique broadband fiber-optic platform
capable of offering a full suite of communications services -- including fully
featured voice, video and high-speed Internet -- to residential customers.
The network employs SONET ring backbone architecture, and localized nodes
built to ensure RCN's state-of-the art fiber optics travel to within 900 feet
of RCN customers, with fewer electronics and lower maintenance costs than
existing local networks. RCN's high-capacity fiber rich networks target
44% of the U.S. residential communications market in over just 6% of the
country's geography.
About RCN Corporation
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNC) is the nation's first and largest
single-source facilities-based provider of bundled local and long distance
phone, cable television and high-speed Internet services to the densest
residential markets in the country. RCN is currently delivering broadband
services over its Megaband (TM) Network or designing and building its network
on both the East and West coasts as well as Chicago. In addition, RCN is a
leading Internet Service Provider in its markets. Additional information can
be found at: rcn.com.
SOURCE RCN Corporation
-0- 06/20/2000
/CONTACT: Nancy Bavec of RCN Public Relations, 609-734-3772; or John
Henderson of Rubenstein Associates, Public Relations, 212-843-8054, for RCN/
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