Regarding BDE's partnership announced Friday with "Road Runner"...
Who is "Road Runner"?
Road Runner is a high-speed online service delivered to the PC over the
cable television infrastructure. By utilizing the latest advances in web
technology and leveraging the blazing speed made possible by cable's hybrid
fiber-coaxial network, Road Runner integrates compelling multimedia
programming with the latest communication tools and personalized services
such as mail, chat listings and personal home pages - all within a broadband
environment.
Road Runner is provided by ServiceCo LLC, a joint venture among affiliates of
Time Warner Inc., MediaOne Group, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Compaq Corp., and
Advance/Newhouse. This strategic partnership, formed in June of 1998,
combines the resources and world class talent of five entrepreneurial
companies united in their commitment to make the delivery of broadband
online services over cable the preferred worldwide distribution system. These
five partners are recognized as world leaders in media, broadband
communications, computer software and hardware, and publishing.
ServiceCo provisions the Road Runner service to its affiliates as a
comprehensive package that includes both the broadband programming and
the technical infrastructure over which it is deployed, or as a broadband
programming package only. Affiliate systems include Time Warner Cable
systems, MediaOne cable systems and a growing number of third party cable
operations. By the year 2000, Road Runner will be available to all of the 27
million homes passed by Time Warner and MediaOne as well as those
homes passed by additional affiliated cable companies.
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