Road Runner is a division of Time Warner Inc providing internet service through cable most notably through the Time Warner Cable. It is an Internet Service Provider providing the service over DOCSIS compatible cable modems. Road Runner provides service across the United States. The companies which are offering Road Runner are Time Warner Cable, Insight Communications, Urban Cable Works, Bright House Networks and America Online.

Offer: Road Runner offers a super fast Internet connection through cable.

Road Runner provides a constant online connection, hence there is no need for dialing or any question of disconnecting from the internet. Also a great flexibility is available to the customer in the choice of the connection as there are no long term contracts or obligations to be signed.

Availability: Road Runner is available in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. However to confirm whether it is available in your street, you have to visit the website and enter your address. The website informs about the availability.

Features: Road Runner provides the modem, installation, tools and a good customer support. The extras include multiple email accounts, personal home page space, instant messaging, dial access/web mail etc. The speed is up to 8 Mbps (Mega bits per second). At this speed you can easily share or download movies, songs etc from the internet. Road Runner is also giving a 30 day money back guarantee in case you are not satisfied with their service.

Hardware: Hardware consists of a splitter to split the coaxial cable cord and one output goes to your TV and the other goes to the modem. From the modem the output goes to your computer. Your computer should have a USB port or an Ethernet card for connection. The modem also needs a power point.

Obtaining Road Runner: This is fairly simple. First go to the website and check availability at your place. The website will return various services available. Next choose the service of your liking. The modem and installation will be done by the company. If you want to save some money, you can obtain the installation kit from the Road Runner local representative and install the modem yourself.

Price: The average offer is around $45 a month with installation charges extra. Presently Road Runner is offering a $30 per month offer till September 06.