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With over $740M in annual revenue, RCN is a competitive broadband services provider, delivering all-digital and high-definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services primarily to Residential and Small and Medium Business (“SMB”) customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively.

In addition, through the RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in our geographic markets.

RCN operates their own networks, and their primary service areas include: Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston and Chicago.

Headquartered in Herndon, VA RCN and RCN Business Services network passes approximately 1.4 million addressable homes and businesses, and they currently have licenses to provide video, data, and voice services to over 5 million licensed homes and businesses in their footprint.  They serve approximately 428,000 residential and SMB customers.

RCN Metro also has numerous points of presence (“POPs”) in other key cities from Richmond, Virginia to Portland, Maine as their fiber network continues to expand.

RCN Metro currently enters approximately 1,300 locations through their own diverse fiber facilities, providing connectivity to private networks, as well as telecommunications carrier meet points, and local exchange central offices owned and operated by other carriers.   The RCN Metro fiber routes now exceed 7,000 route miles, with hundreds of additional commercial buildings on or near their network. RCN also has nearly 313,000 fiber strand miles, which highlights the fact that many of their metro and intercity rings are fiber-rich.