RCN vs Comcast

[mrwrench.livejournal.com]

Hi all. Long-time listener, first-time caller.

I am moving to Davis Sq next month and am in the process of setting up my utilities.

Wondering if anyone has any insight into RCN vs Comcast for phone/cable/internet.

I saw some scattered posts on this topic in the archive, but none too recently.

Any help would be appreciated.

Comments

[imvfd.livejournal.com]

We've had RCN for six years now and for the most part I've been quite happy with the service. We use it for cable, internet and (local) phone. The internet and phone service have been outstanding and the technicians who we've dealt with have been very competent (the techs were there not because of problems but because we've switched apartments several times and have needed fresh cables run). The cable part is decent, but as already mentioned the on-demand leaves much to be desired. Every once in a while some random channel will pixilate for an hour or so. Other than that, I'm pretty happy with RCN and still pretty annoyed at Comcast for some of the stunts they pulled when moving into the area.