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Encyclopedia > Road Runner (ISP)
Road Runner's official logo and mascot
Road Runner's official logo and mascot
Actual logo of Road Runner

Road Runner High Speed Online is an US Internet service provider (ISP) focused on providing service over DOCSIS-compatible cable modems. It is a division of Time Warner Inc. and provides service throughout the footprint of Time Warner Cable as well as other contracting cable companies. Its services are currently available only in the United States, but were once also offered in Newfoundland, Canada.[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “ISP” redirects here. ... Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) is an international standard developed by CableLabs and contributing companies that include: ARRIS, BigBand Networks, Broadcom, Cisco, Conexant, Correlant, Intel, Motorola, Netgear, Terayon, and Texas Instruments. ... An outdated model of the Motorola Surfboard cable modem A cable modem is a type of modem that provides access to a data signal sent over the cable television infrastructure. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... This article is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...


Road Runner often competes with ISPs owned by local telephone companies. Its mascot is Road Runner from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series (all properties of its corporate parent). When the service first launched with a 1995 market test in Elmira, NY, it was called the Southern Tier On-Line Community,[2] then LineRunner[3] (a moniker that was later used for VOIP service), before Time Warner Cable adopted the current brand name. A telephone company (or telco) provides telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... “Road Runner” redirects here. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Merrie Melodies end title Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. ... Location in Chemung County in the state of New York Coordinates: , Country State County Chemung County Government  - Mayor John S. Tonello (D) Area  - City  7. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The Southern Tier On-Line Community was an Internet test market experiment conducted by Time Warner Cable, starting in 1995. ... IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ... Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ...

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Tier service

To compete directly with less expensive DSL service, Road Runner offers a lower bandwidth package dubbed Road Runner Lite or Road Runner Intro for a similar cost, with lower download and upload bandwidth. The specific speeds vary, but the average is 768 kbit/s download and 128 kbit/s upload bandwidth. They also offer a higher bandwidth package dubbed Road Runner Turbo (formerly Road Runner Premium). Cost varies from area but if you have their All the Best package (TV, internet, phone), you can receive a discount. The service offers up to 15 mbit/s download and 768 mbit/s upload. A DSL Modem DSL or xDSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. ...


Traffic/packet shaping

On June 6, 2007, Time Warner Cable reportedly announced that they would begin a national system-wide implication of a packet shaping system [1]. It allegedly targets high-bandwidth areas such as newsgroups, peer to peer, and torrent networks during hours of high usage. However, reports from end users indicate that the throttling of their connections appears to apply to all applications, regardless of bandwidth (including normal web surfing) or the time of day. is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Traffic shaping (also known as packet shaping) is an attempt to control computer network traffic in order to optimize or guarantee performance, low latency, and/or bandwidth by delaying packets[1]. Traffic shaping deals with concepts of classification, queue disciplines, enforcing policies, congestion management, quality of service (QoS), and fairness. ... A newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... This article is about the protocol. ...


Companies offering Road Runner

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. ... The Bright House Networks logo. ... Insight Commuications in a cable provider in the United States. ... For other uses, see AOL (disambiguation). ...

Notes

  1. ^ Via Cable Atlantic, now part of Rogers Cable, which provides service under the "Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet" brand.
  2. ^ Cable World, March 10, 2003
  3. ^ Time-Warner Announces High Speed Data Services

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