[Connectivity] Chicago - packet loss and speed drop
I've been running fine for a while but in the last 3 months my speed dropped from 120mbit consistently to 50-70mbits at most. Latency is crazy high and I get 5-8% packet drops which makes browsing and...
View ArticleNot getting close to 1000mbps
My gfs family just upgraded to 1000 Mbps internet service in the Lehigh Valley. However they are only getting 40 to 60 download speed, and 25 to 30 upload, on all devices. 5ghz and 2.4ghz. RCN gave...
View Article[Connectivity] Chicago - Upload Speed Problems/Game Disconnects Frequently
In the last two weeks or so, my upload speeds are well below the advertised 20mbps. It dips down to less than 5mbps in many instances. Download speeds are consistently at 330mb or more and ping is low...
View Article[TiVo] Hydra coming?
Anybody hearing if RCN will be rolling out Hydra to their markets anytime soon?
View Article[Connectivity] Docsis 3.1 levels?
What do you guys think about these levels? I recently picked up an SB8200 and have so far experienced some short random disconnects that I didn't with my previous SB6183.
View ArticleSupport can't unpair cable card?
Haven't had to contact RCN support in a while, but this one was frustrating. Just got a new TiVo Bolt to replace a TiVoHD. I moved the cable card to the new Bolt and contacted support. (which by the...
View Article[Connectivity] Upload/Outbound problems
Hey guys, I will try to keep it short but this is really stumping. Before I go any further I would like to make a disclaimer that I'm a System Engineer for a Healthcare system and I'm quite familiar...
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 ArticleRCN set-top boxes - change?
I am upgrading my AVR and moving some equipment around, so I was wondering if there is any reason to exchange my current Motorola DCX3200 cable box for something else from RCN. (It would be a good...
View ArticleVoice remote
Has anybody made the jump with RCN to the voice remote and the Tivo Experience as their calling it? Their YouTube channel has like 6 videos promoting it.
View ArticleCable Card Activation Procedure
I bought a new TV, so I'm moving my cable card from my old "cable card" TV to a Samsung gx-sm530cf cable box, which will then connect to my new TV. I will need to repair my cable card to the Samsung....
View ArticleEmail Stopped Working
All three of my RCN email accounts suddenly stopped working on all of my devices (iMac, Windows laptop, iPhone, and iPad). All I get is a pop-up window saying that my mail program(s) cannot access the...
View ArticleRCN pgrades TiVo UI
https://www.broadbandtechreport.com/articles/2018/08/rcn-upgrades-tivo-ui.html RCN upgrades TiVo UI August 1, 2018 By BTR Staff RCN has announced the availability of its new TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO)...
View ArticleSamsung gx-sm530cf cable box
I recently replaced my old DLP cablecard TV with a new OLED TV. Because the new TV does not have a cablecard slot. I purchased a Samsung gx-sm530cf cable box. My intent was to take the RCN-supplied...
View ArticleRCN's Over the Top Service
RCN has been talking about their Over the Top Service (OTT) for some time, to compete with the flood of OTT streaming services being offered by third parties. Do you suppose it will be similar to...
View Article[Connectivity] slow speed
Hi I'm on GIG tier. In the last couple weeks, speed tests showed only 200mbps down max. RCN tech came out and couldn't located the issue. Called RCN reps. They reset modem remotely couple times and i'm...
View Article[Connectivity] Chicago - Upload Speed Problems/Game Disconnects Frequently
In the last two weeks or so, my upload speeds are well below the advertised 20mbps. It dips down to less than 5mbps in many instances. Download speeds are consistently at 330mb or more and ping is low...
View ArticleJust upgraded to 1gb/s, still have DOCSIS 3.0
I have an SB6183, what will my max speed be until I can get an SB8200 (unless there's a better choice?) I'm assuming not the full theoretical 686mb/s that DOCSIS 3.0 is capable of.
View ArticleNW Queens - 20 Downstream / 3 Upstream channels
I had to reboot my Arris SB6190 and now I get 20 Downstream / 3 Upstream channels. Normally it's 16 Downstream / 2 Upstream channels. Anyone else?
View ArticleEmail Stopped Working
All three of my RCN email accounts suddenly stopped working on all of my devices (iMac, Windows laptop, iPhone, and iPad). All I get is a pop-up window saying that my mail program(s) cannot access the...
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