I would give 0 stars if I would. The WORST service I have ever experienced in my life. We've been using RCN for a little over a year now (no choice with where we live) and have had more issues than I can count. The first guy that came and installed it improperly installed the connections. Had to have a new person come out and fix it- he confirmed that the first job was done poorly. Since then, we lose internet connection on a regular basis- I'd guess it's been at least 40-50 times in the past year. At first they blamed it on the cable box, but after replacing it, we still have issues. Having no internet when you rely on it for a job is beyond infuriating. They do not reimburse for all of the disruptions nor do they solve the issues at hand. DO NOT USE THEM!!!!!!! read more

Their customer service is horrible. I was told that my service would be canceled and it turned out a month later when I received a bill I was lied to and $35 down the drain. Also, if you call them make sure to put it on speaker phone because you'll be waiting a long time till someone answers. Their actual service is awful. It wasn't possible to do anything more then watch a movie through Netflix. So, if you have more then one person surfing the web like I did good luck, because it will lag. That means no Hulu, youtube, xbox, or gaming unless your by yourself. Stop comparing RCN to Comcast, both are going to be a regretful choice! If you do decide to go with RCN....well im sure Ill be seeing your review up here in a year or so :/ read more

I would never give 5 stars, because cable companies are the worst. But Verizon and Comcast have nothing on RCN. Seriously. Why is everybody complaining? Somerville is so lucky to have RCN as an option, I've lived elsewhere and been stuck with worse. read more

I would like to tell all my fellow yelpers about what a shady company RCN is. Back in August, a sales rep came to my door named "P" trying to lure me away from Comcast to RCN. About three years ago, I had RCN for my home but decided to switch to Comcast for reliability. Anyways, back to the matter at hand, "P" gave me a flyer where all 3 services (phone, cable, internet) would be bundled altogether for a price of $89.99. So this meant that I would get local and long distance calling, a good amount of TV channels and HBO and 110 mbps internet speed. To me, the most important service that I need is internet. Nowadays, the internet is cable of doing basically the same things a phone and television monitor can do now so I signed up for this deal. A few days go by and the installation tech comes to my house ready to hook up my house with RCN services. He asked me for a brief overview of what I would be receiving so I told him that I would be phone, cable and 110 mbps of internet speed. This is when everything started to fall apart, the tech stated that his work order had me set up for 20 mbps of internet speed and not the 110 mbps that I was promised from this sales rep. As soon as I heard 20, I told him to stop with what he was doing and to cancel this work order because of the false promises. Everything was canceled and I was back with Comcast. In early September, "P" calls me again one more time asking me to sign up for RCN with the same three services and the internet speed that I had requested for now $79.99/month if I remember. I told "P" that the price is very enticing and if I do decide to switch, I would call him so he could get the sale. I never called him because I decided that switching cable companies again would be such a hassle. Around mid-September, I get an e-mail from RCN stating that I had a work order for all 3 services scheduled to be installed in October! Since I get this e-mail over the weekend, I immediately called RCN customer service on Monday to check up on this. As I contacted their customer service, they kept stating that I had "signed off" for this work order either by voice verification or I actually signed the work order document. I never signed anything and the only time I did a voice verification was back in August when I signed up for RCN initially only to cancel because of the internet speed. Realizing that I was not going to get anywhere from calling these people, I took this over to social media to voice my frustrations over this fraudulent work order that someone from RCN did for me. As my messages were seen, heard and read on social media, I was immediately contacted by a RCN social media rep about my concerns. I asked this rep for proof of this so-called "work order" that I had signed up for. She e-mailed me the work order and guess who signed me up for RCN services? It was "P"! By this time, I was livid. This "P" character took my information that I had given to him back in August and made a fake work order thinking that I would actually sign up for RCN service. He had ALL of my information. The most scary part was he had my social security number and I was absolutely terrified about what this company could do to me and to other people. I filed a complaint on the BBB and that is when I actually got a call from someone at RCN. So I contacted RCN numerous times about this and went on social media before somebody actually gave me a call in regards to this. I couldn't believe this company. I just want all of my fellow yelpers to know that I do not want anybody to go through the ordeal that I went through. I had to contact Comcast as well to tell them that I didn't place this work order and RCN fraudulently did this without me knowing. They couldn't call them and I had to call them to request this. I had to clean up the mess RCN did to me when I did absolutely nothing at all! I just want everyone to be careful. I now have really started to be more careful with the kind of information that I give to companies. I hate having to verify the last 4 digits of my social security to companies because I now keep thinking of this incident that occurred to me. If an RCN sales rep comes to your door, politely decline their enticing offer and move on with your day. read more

I decided to "Cut the Cord" and had Comcast and Fios in the past. RCN had a great deal for Internet only for $55.15 as apposed to $240.00 per month I now have RCN, an Antennae for local channels (If you decide not to have local and internet with RCN), A Roku box which allows me to do Sling TV, Netflix, CBS.com and Amazon prime. I am not a computer savvy person but found this new set up to be fairly painless. Great signal and service Hope this is helpful and allows you the cut the cord if you choose to :):) read more

I do not recommend RCN to anyone RCN is the worst service that you can sign up for this whole month of July we have not had any internet when I called for them to fix the problem it took them one week for them to come and fix the problem the problem was outside my house they came and fixed it internet still not working I called again for them to come and fix it they told me that I have to wait another week for them to come by and fix it and when I asked them to give me credit for the whole month they told me that they can only give me credit for two days but I have to pay my bill in full before I get those two days of credit I don't recommend RCN to anyone this is the worst company and service you ever sign up for I regret signing up. All RCN is bulshit talkers they promise you the best service but they don't deliver like I said I don't recommend RCN to anyone that will be the worst decision who would ever make if you choose RCN RCN sucks and I'm only giving you guys one star because I have to my decision negative five stars for the worst service that a customer has ever had read more

I'm really angry. I set up an account, they sent an installation guy several days later, and he took one look and told me that I had no RCN hookup so he couldn't install. RCN gave me no warning that this was a possibility. Now I have to wait another week before I can get internet and I have no idea when I can schedule another time for somebody to come in and install it. read more

"Attetion jessica " you ask me. For my info. I send it . And. Notting happen... RCN=BS

I paid a bill over the phone with a live person. After I gave the credit card number I immediately told him to cancel it and to use another card. He told me it was cancelled. Well that was a crock of crap. Two whole days later, the funds are still negative on the card I cancelled. I bounced two checks because of this. He failed to mention the funds works be on hold. I spoke with a manager today about my problem and she couldn't of cared less. Told me to keep checking my bank statement to see the funds released. I'm livid. This isn't the only problem I've had with them. I'm going to dish network. I would rather shitty service during a storm then to be bouncing checks on their error. read more

Not sure if Monique ext 1127 works at this location but I wanted to write a review so anyone who logs on can see what a great job Monique did. I had a unique situation and she went above beyond to help me. I work in customer service and I 100% appreciate how much she helped and how kind she was to me. I will not forget it Thank you Monique I hope you see this :) you rock! read more

I've been a RCN customer for 12 years. Last week my phone went out during a storm. 5 days later and 2 visits from a tech and it's still out. read more

Ok, read lots of bad ratings - but I signed up anyway last week - and I am pleased. (My neighbor in my building here in Boston's West End said he's had RCN for a few years and it's fine, though he negotiates the annual price increase back down to the old rate ;) Install was timely, no problems... and services working as advertised (it's been one week now). And I should say the sales person who signed me up was "Excellent" - very personable, very thorough, and nice. BTW, I got the triple play pkg with 10Mbs internet for $79.99/mo (which turns into $87.99/mo incl equipment), plus taxes, etc. However (isn't there always a "But..."), the first bill had an error - an extra 7.99/mo for showtime. Well I just got off the phone - took a somewhat frustrating one full hour (mostly on hold), but all set now. I actually made out because the advertised 79.99 deal said 3 free months of showtime, and customer support couldn't find the Offer Details (the deal is just for Boston... it's more like 109/mo in DC) - AND SO she gave me $10/off for 12 months! (so the 7.99/mo for showtime minus the $10 credit = fine by me). Anyway, RCN should really be "EMBARRASSED" with the first customer service rep, but the supervisor was ok. Oh, and I just had to ask, cause I was sure the Help Desk wasn't here in the U.S.or in India... Turns out it's in the Phillipines... Perhaps they offer too many deals to keep track, or maybe it's their systems, or perhaps it could be with their training program. Bottom Line - The price is TERRIFIC, unlimited nationwide calling, good lineup of Cable stations (including NESN for the Red Sox), and hopefully 10Mbs of internet... at less than 1/2 the price I was paying Comcast and Verizon! read more

I am unfortunately making the switch to Comcast. When I pay for 25mbps of internet and receive 5, there is large issue which beds to be addressed. Customer support gives them the second star but it rarely made a long term improvement. read more

Fist let me say that the customer service is outstanding! Great people working there! ....But the product sucks. Slow, slow, slow. We have the "fastest" internet and it can't handle a whole lot. Channels always pixelated, etc. You get what you pay for. It's cheap but we are staying with them for the customer service alone. A real trade off here. If we had noteworthy cable and internet service, we would never need to call customer service in the first place. RCN isn't a monster cable company like Comcast so you are going to have some shortfalls in some areas. This is a real hit or miss service. read more

Worst experience ever. Every month, sometimes twice a month, the internet keeps dropping. Every time I call, they tell me to go to the modem, unplug it for 30 seconds and then plug it back in. which requires me to go down, behind the desk, pull out the CPU and do all this. Seriously? In this day and age, we're still living like flinestones when it comes to internet? I'm not exagerrating a bit, I literally have to do this once or twice a month. It is very annoying. I'm canceling and looking at other options. read more

Terrible customer service over the phone. I was told that it would be a 10 to 20 minute wait, so I stayed on hold. 45 minutes later I was still on hold and hung up. There was no option to leave your number and get called back when your number was up in the queue. Absolutely the worst. The only reason I didn't give them one star is because I have rarely had problems with them before. read more

I have to agree with the other 5 star reviews on here. The company must have come a long way since those reviews were written because my experience has been overwhelmingly positive. So much so that I would do anything to keep RCN over going back to Comcast. The install scheduling was effortless and accommodating the install tech was friendly and helpful. I even had a problem the first day that was solved with almost unbelievable ease: the installer left and I hooked my laptop to the new cable modem and tested my bandwidth at 8 Mbps of the 50 Mbps that was the advertised speed of my connection. I thought, here we go, same old nonsense. I called tech support to complain just because and she said that it sounds like the limiter was set wrong. She reset my modem and in 5 minutes I was testing at 49 Mbps. I've never, ever, ever gotten exactly the bandwidth I was paying for from any telecom. Since then I've never seen it test below 40 Mbps and 7 Mbps upload. It's amazing. The netflix quality is also flawless. Any time of day, any day of the week, the video buffers instantly and comes in at SuperHD. Almost everything looks like it's coming off of a bluray. With comcast, by comparison, video was grainy and buffered frequently at peak hours (as in, the hours you're actually using it). I waited a few months to see if there were outages or something about the service I was missing but I couldn't be happier. If you have a choice between these guys and comcast, don't even think about it. Just sing up. read more

I recently posted the review below concerning an issue I had with RCN. I'm happy to say that RCN responded to my YELP review by promptly taking care of the issue and refunding me the charges I was disputing. It does seem a little odd that their front-line customer service people can't do the same thing, but I'm happy that RCN took care of the problem. I will be continuing as an RCN customer. Original post: Looking for cable/internet/phone service? Skip RCN. 18 months ago was not pleased by ever increasing cost of the service. Called customer service and talked about options. None really available and they were not willing to cut cost. They did offer free 1 year upgrade to Internet access speed which I accepted. What they did not tell me was that at end of that year they would start charging $10/month. I don't typically check all the individual charges every month, just the on demand stuff so did not see this charge until months into paying for it. Called RCN. Would they take those charges off? No. Would only take off last months and that only because within 30 day "dispute" period. They will offer a serious discount for a year to a new customer but will not spend $50 to keep an existing customer. Well they just lost my business. I am going elsewhere for this service. read more

Terrible cable network. Frequently freezes requiring you to shut off your television. It is a common occurrence that the network connection is disabled or not found resulting in hours of no cable connections an extended periods of time waiting on hold with the run help line. With all these regularly occurring issues rcn should provide free months of service. Ridiculous. Not recommended read more

So I switched to RCN from Verizon thinking I'm gonna save almost $100... I didn't! Lmfao.. on top of that.. I call to ask if I can make 2 payments one would be 2 days after the termination.yes it would be paid in full.. NO! Why cause you haven't been with us for 6 months..and oh btw if we terminate you you'll be charged a reconnections fee, not only to turn services back on but each box... and phone reconnection charge ... haha my bill was suppose to be $135/ month... it's $195... and lmfao when they say oh send me your address and ILL WORK WITH YOU so you won't lose services... big lie... again they suck!!! Biggest mistake I've done besides getting married haha .... I was told and read the reviews about how bad this company sucks monkey balls but I did give it a shot... again biggest mistake ever... thank you for sucking ASS RCN.. you can bite me read more

My story is the same as everyone else. Constant outages. Their infrastructure is so ancient that I found myself outside at night in the middle of the winter in snow doing a re-set by disconnecting and reconnecting the cable at the box. I would call them about once per month until it got so bad my neighbor and I walked to one of their non customer service stations and pounded on their door until someone came out. We demanded to be let in and our problem resolved. They were quite surprised. They sent someone the next day who apologized and promised to take care of us. The service went out again that night. The bill correction promises they made were never followed through. I know their promo cards look good and the price is great, PLEASE don't do it!! Yea, I know, some of you will and you will be sitting at your computer desk one night cursing the day you ever signed-up with RCN while on hold for the 6th time that month. If you get Comcast and FIOS in your town, you are set, because you can jump between the both of them as they fight for your business every year. 6 months with FIOS and then 6 months with Comcast. My fondest memory of RCN is when one of their techs showed up at my house for another tenant. He was laying on his back sticking a wire into the side of a little microwave he had set-up inside his truck. It just sat with me as man, where do they find these people. read more

Our 2 year contract with Verizon just expired and they raised our rates considerably and gave us no incentive to renew. Verizon always raved about their FIOS service. We switched to RCN who gave us a good "no contract required" rate (fixed for year 1 and year 2 for $10 more). In the few weeks we have had RCN, we are generally thrilled. Their cable service, picture quality and internet speed has been great, even a tad superior to Verizon's. Customer service (on the phone) is very polite. Installation was completed at the promised time. The TIVO premier which comes with the bundle is user friendly and allows recording of upto 4 shows at a time. You can record remotely through your ipad/iphone etc. Also, the TIVO lets you watch recorded shows on a second TV. Just a few minor negatives making it 4.5 stars: Cannot watch ESPN on your ipad (unlike Verizon) Once we had to call RCN as our TV guide did not list anything. There was an automated option to reset, which worked instantly. read more

Cheaper than the popular Comcast, RCN has been providing me with nearly consistently good service for about a decade. Leni, the customer service agent from the Philippines just helped me get online sans any cable connection. Now I can yelp all the time, wirelessly!! read more

The worst cable company ever!!! Service doesn't work, technician came 2x could not find the problem and I was charged $100 for tech visits. Switching over to comcast this week. read more

Abosultuely the worst service I've ever had with any internet provider. They recently added an additional maintenance charge in 2018, even bough I was promised that I would only ever have to pay a flat $30/month. Their customer service and billing people have been nothing other than condescending whenever I call. 100% would not recommend. read more

Pricing is decent for the triple play. Installation was a chore. I ordered 1 HD DVR and they keep on bringing a non-HD one. Funny how they remembered to charge me for an HD one. The service does have hiccups here and there. Customer service is a crap shoot. It's good if you get the right people helping you out. One thing that sold me is that the phone service works like normal phone service and not VoIP. If your internet goes down, your phone doesn't. Also, this gets rid of those annoying lag. Long distance is free on my plan for domestic and Canada. read more

the customer service is very rude and my bills keep increasing . my internet is sometimes slow. i am very unhappy. need to switch

When comparing to Comcast, I can not rate any lower than 5 stars. Customer service in Pittsburgh call center was very good. Service does not constantly download when I'm trying to stream Game of Thrones on HBOgo through Roku. That's all I care about at the end at the end of a long, hot day: uninterrupted service when I go to stream my one nightly indulgence. I will be transferring my service when I move next month. read more

Extremely terrible service, unreasonable charging way,will never ever choose RCN again

This TIVO Is the worst! I have been trying to modify my One Pass for 10 minutes and counting! It is just spinning like Dial Up Internet used to. Half the time my Search does not work/not available. Never had a problem with FIOS. read more

RCN Is Bullshit Technician was a nice guy 1 out of 4! since i had to constantly call for wiring issues and weak wifi signals. After to find out that each technical visit is 50 dollars. And in the notes if it doesn't say that RCN was at fault for the issue you, your shit outta luck and have to pay regardless. Then i get the ultimatum to pay for some protection plan for an additional 5 dollars a month is the only way they could waive the fees. all in all The hell with RCN read more

THE WORST!! STAY AWAY!! If you hate Comcast, you will HATE RCN. Just got whacked with more random fees. Take your business elsewhere.

Don't bother with RCN. They have an interesting business model where new customers pay 29.99/month but existing customer pay 48.99/month for the same service with a yearly increase of $15 for each year that you keep the service. read more

Worst service imaginable. I have had RCN for 3 days. Before switching over they confirmed my home owned equipment would be compatible with the plan, but when the tech arrived, who went to the wrong address and had an attitude told me I couldn't there was nothing he or his supervisor could do with it. Instead they stuck me with a rental cable modem for 18$ a month which I am contesting based on my previous conversation with sales. Today, not even two days later I have been without internet for hours and each time I try to reach tech support I am immediately disconnected. The service and promises are a joke. I wouldn't want anyone to go through this sad experience and not even sure how my three complaints with BBB etc will turn out with them. read more

This is about my new RCN triple play service that was installed this week. I Just wanted to drop some feedback on the company and Bill Hewitt the Regional Mgr (I think) who is based out of Arlington. I sent Bill much of this content about a week after installation "Since my installation on Monday, RCN Customer Service, which has been maligned in all of the posts I have read online, has been superior so far. I've waited on average (five calls) under 45 seconds to speak to a live American service rep. Nice. There is no excessive IVR stuff going on (see Verizon FIOS for the winner on this). Even my girlfriend called last night to fix some issue with movies on demand. She was delighted. In addition, the contracted installer who was a local Woburn kid originally from Haiti as he told me, made me a little nervous at first because he was working alone and I knew he had to bring a new service cable from the street because of recent storms. No bucket truck either. But after a few minutes of talking to him and then letting him do his thing, I found myself bringing him my favorite lemonade and some fresh fruit because I was getting such a good feeling about him. As it turned out, he was very capable, knowledgeable, efficient, patient, etc., with a fairly sticky install (big house, lots of TVs, lots of computers, etc.). Inside the house he was nearly perfect as well. I helped him in some cases and left him alone in others. Completely trusting this guy to wander my home untethered by me. Once you know that somebody knows their craft, it's a no brainer for me to give space and trust. If you can give him credit somehow on his work here I would appreciate it. And lastly, the video is awesome. My whole house TIVO / DVR is the best video system I've seen, and the internet service is not bad at all (remember, I have been a network engineer for 25 years and my standards are high). Considering the alternatives you guys get 5 stars. Thanks for all your help. It has been a pleasure so far in this relatively short relationship with RCN. If you need any customer testimonials, I'd be happy to help. I would not be with RCN if it were not for you. The first few times I tried to call the sales number it was not a good experience. You made the difference. Tell someone to fix the sales geeks and your company should flourish. read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. Do not get RCN. Their service is unreliable and their support is terrible. At least once a month our cable goes down and I have to deal with their support people, who never have any idea what is going on. Don't even bother with the live chat; they have no idea how to troubleshoot beyond turn off the cable box and turn it back on. About three weeks ago our cable went out on a Thursday and they were not able to send a technician out until Monday afternoon. So we were without cable all weekend. I had to stay home from work to wait for the technician. Last night the service went down again. This morning after being on the phone with support, the service came back on the main Tivo box, but not the mini tivo box. And then tonight, in the middle of a show, the cable went out again. I have been on hold with RCN for over 10 minutes now and still nothing. Definitely get your cable service through someone else. Anyone else. read more

This is the Worst internet service I have experienced, Max download speed is never more then 2 MBPS against promised 10 MBPS. Since December I have called at least 15 times to get my internet working, but it works for 2-3 days then again same shit..... Funny thing is when call them they would offer you more promotions, as if I'm fool I'll get one more shit from RCN after having one shit read more

I've dealt with some rude people before, but RCN techs are the rudest. Have a problem and call the support line? You'll get the runaround. I had a connection problem. I called. They said that my computer must have a virus. After a few more calls, they dispatched their "experts." I spoke to the experts, who after three tries finally fixed the problem -- they'd just screwed up my connection. They literally told me that the people on the phone line will try to get rid of you as quickly as possible, hoping you won't call back. Avoid this company if you're smart. If you don't, remember I told you so. read more

After signing up for a great promotional price over the phone I was so excited to get away from Comcast and Verizon. The salesman was very helpful and seemed genuinely interested in getting me a good deal. After the tech came to install I was even more impressed, as he was great and offered me an upgrade from the stock DVR to a TIVO box for only $3 more per month, another "promo price for new customers". Low and behold when the first bill comes my verbal agreement with the tech had broken me out of my promo price, so I was up another $30 more per month. The reps I spoke to over the phone told me there was nothing they could do and they couldn't even find my original promo price, and repeatedly talked over me and implied that TIVO service was more expensive for them to provide than their regular DVR service. Same thing with the chat and email representatives I tried to explain it to online. My last email was completely ignored. I work in tech support myself and the customer service I've received from RCN has been atrocious. I would be embarrassed if my company treated our clients this way. From what I've read and heard from other customers my story is pretty standard. The TIVO unit I was spending so much for broke after 3 months and they were "generous" enough to replace it for free, but the new unit looks like it has seen better days, scratches covering the box. My main issue is that the service is good and probably worth what I end up paying compared to the other companies out there. It is just extremely upsetting that they need to result to dirty tricks and ignoring their customers to get the extra money, for which they will spam you with 3-5 calls a day if you are a day over on payment. All and all a disappointing company and I will not be renewing my service with them. read more

I have been RCN Internet customer since 2010. Started paying $35/month. 2011 they raised the price to $40/month and now they raised the price again to $60/month, 50% raise is out of control... I am taking my business elsewhere.... read more