Incident at 13:58 UTC — scattered reports over 15m.
No problems reported at RCN right now
Problem reports for RCN are at their usual level right now. The most recent incident was about 543 days ago.
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what people report · last 24 h
Internet100%
where from · last 24 h
the United States100%
outage map · last 24 h
live pulse
- report🇺🇸Internet - Dallas25m
- report🇺🇸Wi-Fi / router - Philadelphia3d
- report🇺🇸Internet - Boston6d
- report🇺🇸Not working7d
- report🇺🇸Not working - Burton8d
- report🇺🇸Internet - Massachusetts11d
RCN outage record
all services by year →No incidents in the past 12 months (last major on record: 2023-03-30).
Since 2016, down.now has recorded 21 outage days on RCN, 2 of them major; the largest was Apr 10, 2018 with 695 reports, mostly from the United States.
2023
biggest outages of 2023 →
5 recorded outage days, 1 major — the worst on Mar 30, 297 reports, mostly from Pennsylvania, United States.
Disruption at 02:29 UTC — 101 reports over 1h 15m. Most common: 'Internet' (90%); most reports from Illinois, United States.
Disruption at 19:51 UTC — 34 reports over 25m. Most common: 'Internet' (85%); most reports from Illinois, United States.
Disruption at 02:15 UTC — 60 reports over 47m. Most common: 'Internet' (95%); most reports from Illinois, United States.
Disruption at 14:08 UTC — 62 reports over 39m. Most common: 'Internet' (90%); most reports from Illinois, United States.
Major outage — problem reports peaked at 11/min around 18:35 UTC; 297 reports over 45m. Most common: 'Internet' (89%); most reports from Pennsylvania, United States.
- reports
- 297
- duration
- 45m
- top problem
- Internet 89%
story · 3 beats
- 18:19 Problem reports started climbing at 18:19 UTC.
- 18:35 Peak at 18:35 UTC: 11/min.
- 19:04 Problem reports faded around 19:04 UTC.
reports · 2023-03-30 · no recorded series
incident timeline
- 18:19Problem reports started climbing.
- 18:35Peak: 11/min.
- 19:04Problem reports faded.
outage map
2022
biggest outages of 2022 →
3 recorded outage days — the worst on Mar 15, 83 reports, mostly from the United States.
Outage at 04:10 UTC — 64 reports over 29m. Most common: 'Internet' (95%); most reports from the United States.
Outage at 00:56 UTC — 83 reports over 1h 6m. Most common: 'Internet' (89%); most reports from the United States.
Disruption at 23:32 UTC — 22 reports over 18m. Most common: 'Internet' (100%); most reports from Pennsylvania, United States.
2020
biggest outages of 2020 →
3 recorded outage days — the worst on Nov 20, 96 reports, mostly from Chicago.
Disruption at 20:14 UTC — 96 reports over 1h 53m. Most common: 'Internet' (90%); most reports from Chicago.
Disruption at 16:44 UTC — 65 reports over 36m. Most common: 'Internet' (83%); most reports from Illinois, United States.
Disruption at 16:34 UTC — 33 reports over 19m. Most common: 'Internet' (94%); most reports from the United States.
2019
biggest outages of 2019 →
2 recorded outage days — the worst on Jul 29, 61 reports, mostly from New York, United States.
Disruption at 03:33 UTC — 61 reports over 1h 8m. Most common: 'Internet' (97%); most reports from New York, United States.
Disruption at 01:49 UTC — 16 reports over 20m. Most common: 'TV service' (87%); most reports from the United States.
2018
biggest outages of 2018 →
4 recorded outage days, 1 major — the worst on Apr 10, 695 reports, mostly from the United States.
Disruption at 01:16 UTC — 67 reports over 51m. Most common: 'Internet' (49%); most reports from Pennsylvania, United States.
Outage at 17:36 UTC — 68 reports over 25m. Most common: 'Internet' (74%); most reports from the United States.
Major outage — problem reports peaked at 20/min around 23:55 UTC; 695 reports over 1h 1m. Most common: 'Internet' (75%); most reports from the United States.
- reports
- 695
- duration
- 1h 1m
- top problem
- Internet 75%
story · 3 beats
- 23:25 Problem reports started climbing at 23:25 UTC.
- 23:55 Peak at 23:55 UTC: 20/min.
- 00:26 Problem reports faded around 00:26 UTC.
Disruption at 00:01 UTC — 143 reports over 2h 23m. Most reports from New York, United States.
2017
biggest outages of 2017 →
2 recorded outage days — the worst on Oct 1, 184 reports, mostly from the United States.
Outage, starting at 23:00 UTC — 90 reports over 44m. Most reports from the United States.
Outage at 23:35 UTC — 184 reports over 59m. Most reports from the United States.
2016
biggest outages of 2016 →
1 recorded outage day — 50 reports on Dec 28, mostly from Illinois, United States.
Disruption at 16:51 UTC — 50 reports over 53m. Most reports from Illinois, United States.
RCN comments
anonymous · no accountcommon questions
Is RCN down right now?
Problem reports for RCN are at their usual level right now. The most recent incident was about 543 days ago.
Is RCN down for everyone or just me?
Right now down.now isn't seeing a broad RCN outage, so the problem is most likely local to you — your connection, your device, or the app itself. Try the app on mobile data instead of Wi-Fi, then restart the router. If reports start arriving from other people, this page flips to an outage within minutes.
When did RCN last go down?
The last recorded RCN incident was about 543 days ago, on 2025-04-08. The outage record below has the peak time, duration and what people reported.
How can I report a problem with RCN?
Use the report panel on this page and pick what's not working — it takes one tap and no account. Reports are anonymous, and they feed the live signal on this page immediately.
How does down.now know if RCN is down?
Down.Now watches two crowd signals for RCN — anonymous reports submitted here, and public social-media posts about it — and compares the live volume against what's normal for that hour of the day. A sustained spike above that baseline opens an incident, which is usually visible before an official confirmation. We measure what users report, not RCN's servers directly.