Road Runner News

[P.M.]

They will go in at the headend or TWC central distribution point. So TWC 
is still maintaining the local net. But it may be nice to get lower 
prices and static IP's

If TWC would bring service another block to my house in the heart of the 
city (Downtown KCMO)

Joshua Bergland wrote:

> My question is this - With Road Runner I get the hardware and service 
> for $39.95 ... And I am extremely happy with the service (except for 
> the DNS issue discussed earlier), and the fact that I pay this and my 
> cable bill all at the same time...
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> How does a third party ISP provide their service on this network? It 
> has to all go through the same hardware at the CO, so like DSL, do I 
> still pay RoadRunner for the connection and hardware, and just pay 
> Earthlink seperately for the ISP services?
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> Josh Bergland
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> Charles K. Lee II wrote:
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>> I'm sure some of you all will be interested in this.  Especially in 
>> light of
>> the ISP thread I just got a chance to look over.
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>> I work for Road Runner and coming November 15 there's going to be some
>> changes.  Basically, on that date we're opening up the cable network to
>> multiple ISPs.  Which for customers means more choice, more options and
>> lower prices.
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>> Obviously, the network and cable lines and such is all maintained by 
>> us, but
>> you get to choose which ISP you are getting service from.  At first, the
>> options will be Road Runner, Earthlink or AOL. I know for all you AOL is
>> out of the qeustion :).  However, Earthlink is a nice option because 
>> you get
>> a lower price (they're offering the service at the $40 range).  In
>> additions, you also get access to their dial-up services.  Road 
>> Runner is also going to start providing their dial-in access then 
>> (which answers somebodies question from that ISP thread, I believe).  
>> However, with Earthlink you only get 1 IP, as opposed to Road Runner 
>> when you can get up to 4 (for no extra cost, which is cool because I 
>> think we're the only Road Runner affiliate left that doesn't charge 
>> more for each additional IP).
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>> Regarding the cable modem service in general, I've been happy with the
>> service.  I've had both cable and DSL, so I'm speaking from 
>> experience on
>> both sides of the fence.  With the Road Runner service, it's been
>> consistently faster and more reliable than DSL.  And I also don't 
>> have to
>> deal with the PPPoE nonsense.  If you have the option between DSL and 
>> cable, I would have to wholeheartedly recommend cable.  Unless maybe if
>> you're exceptionally close to a DSL office.  When I had DSL, I was 
>> just far
>> enough from the local office that they had to cap my downstream 
>> bandwidth
>> at 700'ish k/sec, which is a far cry from the 2 m/sec service I get from
>> Road Runner.
>>
>> Anyway, if you all have questions, I'll be happy to answer whatever I 
>> can.
>>
>> - chuckx | Charles K. Lee II -
>> - chuckx at cold-sun.com -
>> - http://www.cold-sun.com -
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