[CATV] TCN Rebranding to NBC Sports Philadelphia +
Will you be adding this channel to the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley channel lineups. They will be carrying a lot of the Flyers and Sixers games.
View Article[Equipment] BYOM Specifics for RCN Gigabit
Is a SURFboard SB8200 good for gigabit service? Because this device would require a router, is anyone using a Cisco 860VAE? I'm open to other brands that support PAT. I'd like to be able to fully...
View Articleless than 1mbps upload all morning so far [NYC]
hey all, NYC customer here. im on the 155/15 package and all morning i am getting high although fluctuating download but upload is sometimes as low as 120KBPS! web pages take 30-40 seconds to load. rcn...
View ArticleRCN and skinny bundles
YouTube TV surprised people by not airing any Turner networks. TNT is probably the most expensive entertainment channel in the cable lineup. Variety estimates the average cost of a Turner channel to a...
View ArticlePoor Transmit power
I had a four way splitter on my cable (modem, telephone modem, DVR, and an old Motorola STD TV set top box). I noticed that my Transmit Power was kind of low, so I decided to give up the Motorola STD...
View Article[TiVo] 4K compatible Tivo
Service Electric Cable just rolled out a 4K Tivo platform in the Lehigh Valley last week. Hopefully this will light a fire under RCN to add this. I really don’t want to have to buy a retail bolt to get...
View ArticleBuy a Cable Box
Other than purchasing a Tivo, can I buy a cable box to replace the one I rent from RCN?
View ArticleeBOX® IP HYBRID STB
https://evolutiondigital.com/ebox-ip-hybrid-stb/ RCN is doing beta testing on this new set top box. I don't see a slot for a Cable Card. I wonder if they will only work with a TiVo DVR or can they...
View Article[TiVo] Questions regarding RCN Pace TiVo hardware
Do the Pace 6-tuner TiVo and the Pace TiVo extender box offered by RCN have the RF remote feature enabled? And does RCN provide the newer RF-enabled TiVo remotes for these boxes? My TiVo hardware is...
View ArticleWave Broadband is merging with RCN
Wave Broadband was purchased by the same investment firm that owns RCN. It’s merging with RCN after the sale closes in a couple of months. Interesting that this brings the west coast systems that RCN...
View ArticleVOIP equipment
RCN has an Arris TM822R telephony modem attached to the coaxial in my house. They used to use it for the internet as well, but they installed an Arris CM820 cable modem that handles the internet. Just...
View Article[Connectivity] Consistent issues with internet going down
So for the past couple months my internet has been going down several times a day for minutes at a time. Some days it goes down for a minute or so every few minutes, it's very frustrating as I rely on...
View Article[Equipment] Installing software on Samsung GX-SM530CF Cable Box
Turns out that it is possible to install some third party software on Samsung GX-SM530CF Cable Box. Tools, log in: develop.
View Article[Connectivity] Modem reboots
Encoded MAC: 41cfa5bfd7a79b1d9ef1440fd7aabaca91b4e841 Been having issues with the service since upgrading. Had attempted to upgrade to the 1GB tier only to find out from the dispatched tech that the...
View Article[Equipment] Modem bricked by Time Warner firmware
Arris SB6141 modem is running frimware (installed by Time Warner in Ohio in 2015) that set the DOCSIS IP mode to IPv6 only. Moved to Pennsylvania and now the modem is unable to connect to RCNs network...
View ArticleHigh level of Corrected codewords after upgrade to 1GB service
I just purchased an Arris SB8200 modem, and upgraded my RCN cable internet service to 1Gbps. Speedtest shows that I'm getting about 150 Mbps down, and bizzarely shows that I'm getting 26000 Mbps up. My...
View Article[Connectivity] Latency during peak hours (lehigh valley)
I've been dealing with an issue of severe latency during peak hours, making any online gaming or streaming near impossible. I've had 4 different techs come out to the house and we've eliminated any...
View ArticleCable and Internet out in NYC
Outage occurred in Manhattan at about ~7:00pm. Was watching CNN at the time. If it weren’t for OTA I would have had nothing.
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