3megabit cable modems being offered by RCN in LA/SF

If you reside in the San Francisco or Los Angeles area, you could get, as STANDARD, a new 3megabit "MegaModem" which will be available to RCN's Gold and Platinum ResiLink bundled packages, as noted by a story posted over on Slashdot.

RCN announced the launch of a new "super-charged" high-speed Internet service in its San Francisco and Los Angeles markets. Known as MegaModem, it enables RCN's California customers to access the Internet at download speeds of up to 3 megabytes per second (Mbps), double the company's standard downstream speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps, and up to twice as fast as competing cable modem and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services.

"Our engineers worked diligently to find a way to more fully utilize the power and capacity of our fiber-optic network to make MegaModem one of the fastest residential Internet services on the market today," said David C. McCourt, RCN's Chairman and CEO. "While other broadband providers are limiting their download speeds or cracking down on so-called bandwidth hogs, we've been working to give our customers even faster speeds at a terrific value. The launch of MegaModem is a key example of RCN's commitment to innovate and deliver the best value and highest-quality service to our customers."

New and existing RCN California customers who subscribe to the Company's Gold and Platinum ResiLink bundled packages are now receiving the enhanced cable modem service as a standard package feature. This makes RCN one of the only broadband providers in the country to offer a 3 Mbps downstream service as part of a bundled product offering, for no additional charge.

San Francisco and Los Angeles customers who subscribe to RCN's Mercury and Bronze ResiLink bundled packages and the Company's New RCN Essentials product can upgrade to the MegaModem service for an additional $10 per month, while a la carte customers can upgrade for an additional $25 monthly charge.

News source: Yahoo News