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RCN Corporation: RCN NY Contest Winners Meet and Eat With Giants' Justin Tuck & Jets' Brad Smith; Two NYC Customers Have Lu

^{Published on 2009-04-06 04:59:36, Last Modified on 2009-11-03 08:54:34 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 6, 2009) - RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: [ RCNI ]), [ www.rcn.com ], a leading provider of [ all-digital ] and [ high definition video ], [ high-speed internet ], and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers, as well as high-capacity transport services to carrier and large enterprise customers, announced today that two New York City residents, Marianne O'Leary and Kevin Alexander, were selected as winners of RCN's New Customer Appreciation Sweepstakes.

The two local winners and guests had lunch recently at a special reception, co-sponsored by ESPN 360, at the ESPN Zone Private Skybox with RCN's two local celebrity spokespersons: Justin Tuck, a defensive end of the Giants, and Brad Smith, a wide receiver, special teams and quarterback for the Jets.

"This local contest and event was our way of showing our appreciation to new customers. But let me be clear that we are grateful to and appreciate all our customers, and are committed to being their hometown provider of choice for competitive cable television, data and voice fiber optics services," said Anthony Ontiveros, RCN New York's Vice President and General Manager. "Thanks to our move to an all-digital network, we now provide our customers with an explosion of entertainment choices, such as more expanded Basic Digital TV and High Definition channels (currently over 450, including almost 100 HD channels) and a wealth of [ International ] and video on demand (VOD) programming."

Ontiveros added that the company is also committed to providing customers with the best customer experience possible, as evidenced by its recent recognition for the 10th consecutive year by the New York Public Service Commission for providing excellent phone service to its customers.

About RCN New York

RCN's New York market serves much of Manhattan and the Queens communities of Astoria, Corona, Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Jackson Heights, Kew Gardens, Long Island City, Maspeth, Middle Village, Rego Park, Sunnyside, and Woodside, as well as parts of downtown Brooklyn and Brighton Beach.

About RCN Corporation

RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: [ RCNI ]), [ http://www.rcn.com ], is a competitive broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in the company's geographic markets. RCN's primary service areas include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston and Chicago. (RCNI-G)