RCN Corporation, http://www.rcn.com , is one of the largest facilities-based competitive providers of bundled cable, high-speed Internet and phone services—delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to residential, small business and commercial customers in the most densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN provides service in the Boston, Chicago, Eastern Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan markets. In addition, RCN serves commercial customers through RCN Business Services, which provides bulk video, broadband Internet access and voice services to small- and mid-sized business customers, and RCN Metro, a fiber facilities-based provider of high-availability telecommunication services to both retail and wholesale business customers.