History← Previous revisionRevision as of 21:12, 28 October 2026 Line 35: Line 35: Time Warner Cable first launched what would become '''Road Runner''' with a 1995 market test in [[Elmira, New York]], under the banner ''Southern Tier On-Line Community''.{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DIZ/is_10_15/ai_98654936/pg_2 |title=Cable World, March 10, 2003 |date=March 10, 2003 |access-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112007/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DIZ/is_10_15/ai_98654936/pg_2/ |work=Cable World |issue=10 |volume=15 |archive-date=August 9, 2011 }}{{cite conference |url=http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~woroch/turncabl.pdf |title=Turning the Cables: Economic and Strategic Analysis of Cable Entry into Telecommunications |last1=Woroch |first1=Glenn |date=February 1996 |publisher=Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy |pages=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000902161838/http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~woroch/turncabl.pdf |archive-date=September 2, 2000 |url-status=dead}} Later it became known as ''LineRunner''{{cite web |url=http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602b&L=nettrain&T=0&F=&S=&P=1196 |title=Time-Warner Announces High Speed Data Services |publisher=Listserv.buffalo.edu |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-date=2022-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603103540/https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602b&L=nettrain&T=0&F=&S=&P=1196 |url-status=dead }} (a moniker subsequently employed by its [[VoIP]] service), before Time Warner Cable adopted{{when|date=May 2022}} the Road Runner brand name.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Time Warner Cable first launched what would become '''Road Runner''' with a 1995 market test in [[Elmira, New York]], under the banner ''Southern Tier On-Line Community''.{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DIZ/is_10_15/ai_98654936/pg_2 |title=Cable World, March 10, 2003 |date=March 10, 2003 |access-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809112007/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DIZ/is_10_15/ai_98654936/pg_2/ |work=Cable World |issue=10 |volume=15 |archive-date=August 9, 2011 }}{{cite conference |url=http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~woroch/turncabl.pdf |title=Turning the Cables: Economic and Strategic Analysis of Cable Entry into Telecommunications |last1=Woroch |first1=Glenn |date=February 1996 |publisher=Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy |pages=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000902161838/http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~woroch/turncabl.pdf |archive-date=September 2, 2000 |url-status=dead}} Later it became known as ''LineRunner''{{cite web |url=http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602b&L=nettrain&T=0&F=&S=&P=1196 |title=Time-Warner Announces High Speed Data Services |publisher=Listserv.buffalo.edu |access-date=2012-07-16 |archive-date=2022-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603103540/https://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9602b&L=nettrain&T=0&F=&S=&P=1196 |url-status=dead }} (a moniker subsequently employed by its [[VoIP]] service), before Time Warner Cable adopted{{when|date=May 2022}} the Road Runner brand name.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Road Runner High Speed Online employed the [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] character from the ''Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote'' cartoons (part of the ''[[Looney Tunes]]''/''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' franchises) distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] as its [[mascot]] and brand name. However, in 2012, it was rebranded as simply Time Warner Cable Internet, dropping the Road Runner branding that Time Warner Cable had to license from the now unaffiliated [[Warner Bros. Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] (although the mascot was dropped two years earlier).{{cite web |date=May 15, 2012 |title=Time Warner Cable Kills the Roadrunner |url=http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Kills-the-Roadrunner-119519 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729205445/http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Kills-the-Roadrunner-119519 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2012 |publisher=DSLReports.com}} With Charter's acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016, the service was rebranded as "Spectrum Internet" on September 20, 2016.{{cite web |date=2016-09-21 |title=Charter introduces Spectrum brand in Southern California |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-ceo-20160920-snap-story.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922093003/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-ceo-20160920-snap-story.html |url-status=live }} Road Runner High Speed Online employed the [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] character from the ''Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote'' cartoons (part of the ''[[Looney Tunes]]''/''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' franchises) distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] as its [[mascot]] and brand name. However, in 2012, it was rebranded as simply Time Warner Cable Internet, dropping the Road Runner branding that Time Warner Cable had to license from the now unaffiliated [[Warner Bros. Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] (although the mascot was dropped a year ago).{{cite web |date=May 15, 2012 |title=Time Warner Cable Kills the Roadrunner |url=http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Kills-the-Roadrunner-119519 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729205445/http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Kills-the-Roadrunner-119519 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2012 |publisher=DSLReports.com}}{{cite web|last1=Dampier|first1=Phillip|title=Time Warner Cable Dumps "Road Runner" Mascot: Part of a "Brand Refresh"|url=https://stopthecap.com/2011/08/18/time-warner-cable-dumps-road-runner-mascot-part-of-a-brand-refresh/|date=August 18, 2011|publisher=Stop the Cap!|access-date=October 28, 2026|archive-date=August 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250815085214/https://stopthecap.com/2011/08/18/time-warner-cable-dumps-road-runner-mascot-part-of-a-brand-refresh/|url-status=live}} With Charter's acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016, the service was rebranded as "Spectrum Internet" on September 20, 2016.{{cite web |date=2016-09-21 |title=Charter introduces Spectrum brand in Southern California |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-ceo-20160920-snap-story.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922093003/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-ceo-20160920-snap-story.html |url-status=live }} === Bandwidth caps === === Bandwidth caps ===